Need help buying new speaker cable

@larry5729, I trust you know nothing starts a fight in an empty bar faster than a discussion about speaker cables, right? I guess I’m with elliottbnewcombjr on this one. If you like the cables you have, why not fix ’em? Otherwise, I would suggest you read the following:

The Best Speaker Cable | Reviews by Wirecutter (nytimes.com)

Do Speaker Cables Make a Difference for Audio Quality? (lifewire.com)

Using Measurements to Clear up the Cable Controversy (lifewire.com)

calmont-eng-wire-gauge.pdf

What Matters Most in Speaker Cables? | Audioholics

Top Ten Signs an Audio Cable Vendor is Selling You Snake Oil | Audioholics

I’ve listened to high-end systems (at least 3 to 4 hours each time and sometimes more) wired with AQ Robin Hood, Kimber Cable Ascent Series (can’t remember model), Transparent (can’t remember model but several thousand bucks a pair), Monoprice (12 gauge), Monstor (12 gauge) and AQ Type 4 within the last year. All of those systems sounded very, very nice. The only credible way to arrive at any conclusions about which cables will sound best, to you, is to try them under your own roof in your own system.

Good Luck!

Unscrew one of your binding posts and see if you have a hole in the rod. If you do, see if the banana plug will fit in the hole. If so, you can feed the wire in from the top, bottom or either side and clamp it down with the nut. You should then have a more flush connection. If using Z bananas the nut might crush the shaft a bit, however it can be bent back into shape after use, if you want to re-sell.

" The only credible way to arrive at any conclusions about which cables will sound best, to you, is to try them under your own roof in your own system."

- the only part of audiophilia that one really needs. Nobody, but you, can determine what you hear or don’t hear. If you listen to someone else, you are only getting their opinion on what they think.

x5owner1,
The problem I have is Tara Labs finishes their terminals with threaded ends.  So, unless these locking banana plugs have male threaded ends to screw into the female threaded end of the wire, they won't work.

The primary reason why I am looking for new speaker cables is the hollow banana plugs I am using work themselves loose.  Some of the higher end cables are terminated with Sure Grip banana plugs.  These are solid metal with a built in spring and they claim they hold tighter.  I wonder if anyone has experience using these?

cdamiller5,  I have only heard the speaker cables my dealer sold to me when I purchased my system.  As a result, I have not heard how other cables sound.