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Speaker cable recommendations

Hello! I'm currently looking for some speaker cable recommendations. Current system is Luxman L509x to ATC SCM20s and I've been using Belden 9497 to connect the two. I have roughly 10 ft between the left speaker and amp which makes for a more expensive cable.

I've been wanting to stay around $300 or less but the options that have been recommended to me tend to be above that.

Options that I've been considering - 

  1. Wireworld Solstice - there's a sale right now and I can get biwired for $250
  2. DIY Duelund 16GA for tweeter/12GA for bass - for the length, I'm looking at ~ $550 biwired from partsconnexion
  3. DIY Neotech NES-3004 MKII - ~$600 
  4. Used Analysis plus - it looks like I can only afford Oval 12 around this price range. 

Any suggestions on which direction would go well with my system? I've been leaning more toward the Neotech since I've read the duelund has a specific sound that it goes for and Neotech should be more neutral. I have no experience with any of the cables above so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

driftingbunnies
audio_guy_uofw
27 posts
 

Blue Jeans Cable offer good quality very well made custom length speaker cables at a reasonable  price.

 https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/indexmob.htm

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curiousjim
4,165 posts
 

@katman 

Lol,  I bought some of the same wire and still have a few feet left.  It started out in my primary system and stayed there for years until it became the wire for my HT.

All the best.

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jallan
254 posts
 

I run biwired Audioquest speaker cables to my multiple pairs of ATC speakers in my systems, and they have proved a good match. 

katman
36 posts
 

“

Lol,  I bought some of the same wire and still have a few feet left.  It started out in my primary system and stayed there for years until it became the wire for my HT.

All the best.”


Funny, I bet this cheap silver plated wire is just as good as any “ designer” stuff.

I haven’t gotten around to replacing my ht wire with it, I still have a set of Radio Shack mega cable in the spider web mess of wires.

fpomposo
47 posts
 

I used to run Wireworld Equinox Shotgun Biwire, I also had Acoustic Zen Satori, then I went to Audience AU24... the best and least expensive and what I am running today are Anti-Cables...

I've been through a couple iterations, and upgraded to the new Level 4.2 Flex a few months back... They blow away all the above cables and are wayyyy cheaper, I think I paid about $500 for a 8 foot pair.

Anti-Cables have amazing bass, open, airy, neutral, 3D, holographic all the catchy buzzwords, they deliver in spades and are very affordable and Made in USA.

That would be my suggestion, I remember when I first got into them, I had the AU24 which were like $1300 cables, I bought the older version Anticables for like $300 and they had a 30 day return deal and I figured what the heck, I’ll try them. They smoked the Audience cables which I sold for $1000 on Audiogon shortly after.

They really cant be beat for the price or even for a much higher priced hype cable IMO.

PS, I only use their speaker wires, my analog audio cables are all Acoustic Zen Absolute which I completely love and highly recommend, but they are pricey.. 

 

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