You left out a very crucial details for any useful advice - what components do you have in place, particularly speakers, preamp and amp; and what sort of a sound appeals to you most?
can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please?
seeking a pair of speaker 15ft speaker cables that I can get in white or white covered jacket covered for under 1k
At the moment I'm using Analysis Plus Oval 12, very happy with them but need to switch to something white, my shortlist as follows;
Nordost 2 Flat,
Wireeworld Stream 8,
Chord OdysseyX,
Bluejeans Octoquad
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You will save a LOT of money if you build your own speaker cables out of CAT 8 cable. They sound great. 15’ +; 15’ - is 30lf for one cable. x 2, you need 60lf here’s 75 lf white Cat 8, oxygen free copper cut the ends off, strip and twist/crimp the 8 copper strands, attach them to these banana, or spades
8 strands 26 awg is equal to 17 awg. combined wire gauge calculator 8 strands 24 awg is equal to 15 awg |
Cables are very dependent upon the equipment on either side. For my Krell -> GR Research 24 Speaker cable -> XStatic Electrostats the pairing works well. For my Nad M33 -> Cardas Clear -> Totem Element Metal V2, I preferred the Cardas. I don’t think there is a right answer, just experiment and see what sounds best to you. |
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