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Looking for an advice about speaker cables

Hello everyone,

I'm very new to better audio and I'm trying to put together a decent setup to listen to my (for now) small vinyl collection. My dad "donated" few components and currently I have NAD C340 Amp, Rega P1 turntable and Monitor Audio Studio 2 bookshelf speakers. Only thing I'm missing are speaker cables. Can someone suggest a decent pair of speaker cable that will not be too expensive. I also need help figuring out what kind of connectors I need to get. I went to check out Kimber Kables web site and looks like SBAN type would work with my amp. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Kresimir
Chicago, IL
kresho
zd542
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Audioquest is a very good match for Monitor Audio. If you can find some good, used Type 6 or Type 8, that would be ideal for the gear you have. If not, you can get some Type 4 in Best Buy. All 3 are very good, affordable options that should keep you happy for a while.
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mofimadness
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Canare 4S11. About $1.50 a foot and is really, really great sounding.

You can buy it from Blue Jean Cable already terminated with whatever ends you need. It's really easy to do this yourself, if you want to.
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mapman
22,210 posts
 
Audioquest is a good recommendation for good products that work well, sound good and need not cost too much.
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sfar
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Agree with Mofimadness. For your system the Canare 4s11 or even the 4s8 should sound great and leave money for music (or wine, women, whatever.) It would be very inexpensive to try, especially of you can use bare-wire connections to your amp and speakers and then terminate it with whatever connectors you'd prefer if you like the cable and want something other than bare wire.

You can buy both the 4s11 and 4s8 in bulk at places like Markertek . The 4s11 is $1.37 a foot and the 4s8 is $.73 a foot.
mesch
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I also am trying the canare 4s11s for a second system. Bought 20' from chromaleaf via E-bay for $38. Will terminate myself. I believe the recommended audioquest cables to be better however more expensive. Can't speak to the advantage (retrurn on $$) they might provide in your system. Watch for them used on E-bay.
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