Speaker cables for Vandersteen 3A Signature?

Richard Vandersteen doesn't talk about wire much these days, at least expensive wire. I can tell you he was big on Audioquest wire and Audioquest used Vandersteen speakers. Install smaller spades or use bare wire. All spades have a sound character. Let me say that again because I am sure someone doesn't believe it. All spades have a sound character and in many cases I prefer bare wire.

Just have your new speaker cables made with barrier strip (aka terminal strip) spades at the speaker ends. Most of the major cable makers are familiar with this term and have these smaller spades available.

I have had excellent results with both Audioquest and MIT speaker cables for my Vandy 2CE speakers. Last summer, I had to replace one of the 8 inch woofers because the rubber surround got unglued from the woofer and when I opened the cabinet, all the internal wiring was by Kimber.

In that regard, Kimber may be your best bet.

Bob

Yesterday a guy told me that if you remove the screws from the connectors on Vandies than you can stick the bananas right in! Is it true?

After much experimentation with almost all the high priced top of the line cables, I found Anti-Cables to my liking the best...Cardas the worst. I have an all Ayre system with Vandersteen 5A's.