Im going to regret my cable question


Having read so many "do speaker cables matter" threads, reviews, etc., over the years I am going to open up this can of worms again. So here goes.

I would like some opinions on the pairing of my amp, speakers, and a possible upgrade of speaker cables. My kit consists of a Rotel Michi X3, S2 and Monitor Audio Gold 300 G5's.

Would anyone venture a suggestion on what might be a good fit, with a budget of no more than $1200 CND.

I currently have Audioquest Type 4 which are some years old by now. Im looking at AQ Rocket 33 or 44's but I am open to other brands.

Although I understand the "coat hangers work just as well" theory I would prefer only constructive suggestions from those who feel there is a benefit to cable upgrades please.

Cheers.

neversatisfied

Cerious Matrix - refurbished cables available direct from Cerious at great prices...I think still listed on Audiogon - and I did recently compare to new Type 4 and quite a difference...

Took some 4 awg welding wire put it together, I'll let you know how my 10 k cabels go.i put majic dust in to improve sound quality the cables cost 100 to make the magic dust cost 9900$. Obviously there is some humor in this but I had to give it the college try and experiment. I only buy used cables cuz there broken in. I did not cryo them cuz i run out of liquid nitrogen.there are sites that sell raw cable and you can put the ends on them.enjoy the experiments.the cable co does let you try cables.there may be others that have return policies.enjoy the music. I do belive in large awg wire  ofc occ I'm still expirementing.

AQ Type 4’s are pretty good cables, in their newest iteration, which includes a carbon-loaded polyethylene dielectric.  There is something harmonically pleasing to me about the solid-core copper in polyethylene.  My main issue with them was the relatively smaller aggregate wire gauge (i.e., about 15awg when connecting the 20 and 17 awg wires together for each pole). If you can bi-wire, you might try buying an additional pair for your MF/HF connections and then doubling up the cables you have now and run two full cables in shotgun fashion to your LF posts (about 13 awg to each pole) where wire gauge is more important than geometry.

The rockets are fine for the money, but likely much better to stretch for the great price/performance of Silversmith Audio Fidelium or Kirmuss Adrenaline whose reviews are extremely positive 

As you own AQ's, I think the person you should PM is John Rutan (Audioconnection). He sells them and knows which models will best suit your needs. Second to that, call Alisdair at AQ directly.

Bob