I have used Tara Labs Space and Time TFA Return II speaker wire for many years. Cable Company still sells a 10 foot pair for like $100. Your can order longer lengths. Call me fool, but I have auditioned speaker wires from Cable Company at 3 - 4 times the cost of these Tara cables, even Tara's newer designs and more expensive speaker cables, and I still prefer the TFA. Oh I hear the differences. The Space and Time is what gives me the most realistic sound though. Really depends on your system, tastes, expectations, etc more than anything else. Some guys like a recessed sound, or there system needs help in creating a large soundstage. My Magnaplaner speakers do that for me by design, so I do not need cables that accentuate in a false way the scale of the performance. Overall, I do prefer a more upfront presentation (row 25) rather than row 100.
I think it is very system dependant, but one last thought of mine is this: Interconnects are more important than speaker wire in my opinion. In other words, I have used just plain old thick Monster Cable copper wire available anywhere, and used interconnects of $250 - $500 range with greater effect on the improvement in sound, than spending $250 each respectively on speaker wire, each pair of interconnect, etc. in relation to a budget.
I have had alot of different setups in the last 21 years, and these thoughts always seem to ring true in each system. I have had affordable $2000 hi fi setups, and $25,000 setups.
Just my two cents.
By the way, I may just be the lucky one out there, but I have had no financially justifiable results with aftermarket power cords either. Yes, I can hear a change, but not in a positive manner or a justifiable cost sort of way. I HAVE seen a benefit from dedicated electrical lines from the circuit box. All this probably has alot more to do with the "quality" of the power in your area than anything else, # of factories, etc.
Happy Listening, write if ?'s
R.
I think it is very system dependant, but one last thought of mine is this: Interconnects are more important than speaker wire in my opinion. In other words, I have used just plain old thick Monster Cable copper wire available anywhere, and used interconnects of $250 - $500 range with greater effect on the improvement in sound, than spending $250 each respectively on speaker wire, each pair of interconnect, etc. in relation to a budget.
I have had alot of different setups in the last 21 years, and these thoughts always seem to ring true in each system. I have had affordable $2000 hi fi setups, and $25,000 setups.
Just my two cents.
By the way, I may just be the lucky one out there, but I have had no financially justifiable results with aftermarket power cords either. Yes, I can hear a change, but not in a positive manner or a justifiable cost sort of way. I HAVE seen a benefit from dedicated electrical lines from the circuit box. All this probably has alot more to do with the "quality" of the power in your area than anything else, # of factories, etc.
Happy Listening, write if ?'s
R.