Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable?

In my experience speaker cable and IC from source to pre are pretty much equal in importance. I think perhaps the IC beats the speaker for detail/resolution, and the speaker beats the IC as a tone control.

you have to go with the speaker cable hands down. the biggest most important system matching is the amp-speaker combo. get the amp and speakers right and every thing else pales in importance. You can only focus on the amp and speakers and be happy with any short commings up front anyways. reverse that idea and wory about the front end and you will never be happy.

If the info doesn't get from the front end to the amp, you won't hear it from the speakers.

Ecruz, how do you know if the info from the front end is getting through if the speaker end is compromised? Or to stretch a point, if you know you have wax in your ear canal, do you still insist on upgrading the source because you are afraid that the 'info doesn't get from the front end'? Clear up the final link and then you will know if any changes to the source are beneficial.
Bob P.

The good news is that you can get very far with cheap speaker wires. Use signal transmission cables, sit back and listen.

I use a 65 cents/ft military surplus signal transmission wire (silver plated copper, teflon insulated) both as speaker cable and power cord. The cryo'ed cable Lak and I tested was so uncomfortably close to Pure Note Epsilon it wasn't funny.

Save your money for EXCELLENT interconnects.

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