Which inexpensive speaker cables...

+1 BJ cables have been mentioned several times. If you want to save money (about 50%) and enjoy some DIY, here’s what you need:

Choose Belden 5T00UP (as used by BJ), primarily because it has the lowest DCR (0.001 ohm/ft). Ideally, you want the resistance to be 0.01 ohm or less, so a 10-foot speaker cable made of 5T00UP is right at that threshold. Also, it gets one of the lowest capacitance (26 pF/ft) preferred for optimal sound fidelity among the cables in the market. Pair it with Nakamichi plugs, and you’ll have a high-quality set of speaker cables for around $60 / pair.

The result sounds excellent—comparable to the solid copper AudioQuest cables I’ve owned for 25 years.

Belden 5T00UP 10awg bare high-conductivity ETP copper conductors

Belden 5000UP 12awg bare high-conductivity ETP copper conductors

Belden 9497 16awg stranded ETP high-conductivity tinned copper conductors

I agree with Canare or Mogami. I use Canare 4S11 in a 20K system and can think of no reason to change.

Canare 4S11 has been mentioned several times and seems a popular choice. I’m just curious how it stacks up against Belden 5T00UP. See below. Belden outperforms Canare in those attributes.

For a nominal amplifier output impedance of 0.05 ohms, using a 10 ft speaker cable, the total impedance seen by the amplifier is lower with Belden 5T00UP (0.06 ohms) compared to Canare 4S11 (0.076 ohms). This difference can have a non-trivial impact on the damping factor, potentially affecting the tightness and agility of bass response. You may not notice this difference in an ordinary system, but with high-end gear, it could be quite significant.

                                               5T00UP             4S11

1. DCR (ohm/1000 ft)        1.03                  2.6
2. Capacitance (pF/ft)          26                   45

I'm interested as well.

I did at one point have a 20 foot run of the Belden from blue jeans.  I locked the locking bannanas and the flexibility of the cable.  

Interested in the canare as I've not used that.

Lanx, thank you!

@airwatcher. Thanks for another canare vote

@sd. 3 meters is only 9 feet

Wireworld Luna are incredibly good (Canare sounds shrill by comparison). Really, they are all the speaker cable anyone ever needs. The terminations allow easy swapping between spades and bananas so you don’t ever have to throw them out if you change components/speakers.

98% of audiophiles would benefit far more from upgrading their speakers.