I've been very happy with Mogami cable over the years. I currently bi-wire with their 4con12awg -3104. Its overkill in my particular application as the runs are only 9ft each but it's excellent quality and Performance Audio's per foot pricing beats all including Markertek.
Mogami 2921 vs Canare 4s11 vs ???
My goal is to build new cables that I will use for the next 15 years, no matter what speakers I have, but I don't want to spend money that will force me to get a 2nd mortgage.. My current speakers are 4 Ohm so my thought is I need at least 12 gauge - 10 gauge wire. I am planning to replace my AudioQuest Type 4 speaker wire in my home theater with Canare 4s11 until I found Canare 4s11g, unfortunately you can't buy Canare 4s11g, at least I couldn't find it for sale. So I began looking at other speaker wire and Mogami speaker cable appeared. There are several choices, the 3104, 3103, 2921 are a few.them. Most of the ink is on Mogami 3104 speaker wire and it is highly regarded. I noticed Mogami 2921, 4 conductors of 14 gauge wire appeared to be exactly like the Canare 4s11, except the Mogami copper wire is OFC. My question for the experts who support this forum are: Is the Mogami 2921 as good or better than the Canare 4s11? Should I continue to search for Canare 4s11g cable or just be happy with the 4s11? Should I expand my budget and use one of the Mogami flavors (3104, 3103, 2921) wire? Should I stop the search for wire and just purchase 10 -12 gauge OFC wire and end the analysis paralysis?
If the DIY speaker wire build goes well I am sure I will replace my Monster cable stereo connections with new cables and connectors, but first things first..... the speakers need new connections. Any and all feedback is welcomed.
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Thanks @stereo5 . It's good to hear that the break in is easy to live with. |
A big TEXAS THANK-YOU to all who responded. I have decided to go with the Canare 4s11. I guess I will just have to dig out the Cheech & Chong, George Carlin, Firesign Theatre, maybe some Who, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Paul & Mary, Kingston Trio, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky albums and just kick back and let the break-in begin. I've ordered the connectors (locking bananas for amp side and spades for speaker side), the wire, techflex, heat shrink tubing, a heat gun. Everything should be in my hands within 10 days, and then a few days to make the cables. I'll update this thread with my initial thoughts and again after 3-4 months of usage. BTW, I plan to repurpose some of the AQ type 4 cable to use on my refurbished Pioneer SX-828 that resides in my office. I noticed the current cable, purchased from RS eons ago was starting to tarnish. The hard part will be attaching the wire to the unorthodox speaker connections on this old receiver..... I just hate to throw anything away........ again, thanks to everyone who responded to this thread, your thoughts and opinios are appreciated. |
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