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What's the best speaker cable for a 20ft run?

I know. I know. Oh, Gawd! Not this question, again? Well, basically, yeah. Tough, though. I still need an answer. My ignorance is quite resilient. So here goes the specifics. (And no "short/long ic vs short/long spkr cable" debating. We can fail to resolve that issue on a different thread.)
My modified Jadis DPL pre is driving three amps: two modified GTA SE-40 class A tubed ones running at eighty watts each in dual mono and a stereo YBA class A solid state one that has forty per side.
Each of the SE-40's is driving one of the electrostatic panels on my modified Martin Logan Sequel IIs. The YBA amp is powering the woofers (after the signal reaching it has been attenuated to match the gain of the other amps).
I'd like to stay in the Anticable/Audio Art/Analysis Plus price range. I would be very hesitant to use different cables on the woofers than on the panels. Also, I tend to like solid core as well as copper. But I'm listening.
So guys (and dolls), whadya think?
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nietzschelover OP
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Here's a specific example I can give you: Paul Speltz lists the capacitance for his Anti-Cables as: 0.002nF/foot run.
However, his cables are only 12 ga. No problem, right? Because he sells them "shotgunned", so now you have two 12 ga cables doing the work of an 11 ga one. And that's great because 12 ga + 12 ga = uh, 24 ga? 1,212 ga? Ah, how the heck would I know?
But, the point is, wouldn't you also get, besides the, as yet unquantified, increased gauge, an concomitant increase in capacitance where, now, total capacitance = 0.004nF/foot run?
And, would that be an acceptable level?
Again, Thanks
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jc51373
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I second the 8tc vote....Had em for years, tried others (very expensive others) and the 8tc has always represented an excellent value and sound. Accurate, balanced, decent soundstage. I am sure there are better, but not for the money there isn't. And once you get out beyond $1k you might as well starting looking at new components instead of wires.
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