Speaker Cable Recommendation


Hello,
I recently purchased a pair of JBL Line Array 1000 speakers. They will be driven by a MacIntosh MA6900 integrated. I listen mostly to classic rock, acoustic/electric blues, some jazz. Which cables (bi-wire) would do best?
Budget is about $500.00 maximum.
Thank you so much for your input.
charlot
Your amp is really good. Its the kind of unit that will work well with just about anything. I'm not familiar with your speakers, though. I just did a quick search and looked at some pics online. They appear to be pro speakers. Do they have regular binding posts, or are they 1/4 in.? That will definitely be a factor.

If standard cables will work, I'm with Tbromgard. I like Audioquest very much myself. You don't have to spend any where near $500 to get something that will sound great. Audioquest Type 8 is my favourite low cost speaker cable. I can't imagine you not liking it. I'm sure that there are other great choices, as well, but I only comment on what I have actually listened to myself.
If I were you, I'd try a set of Morrow Audio SP4 bi-wire. They have a 60 day trial period, and they are always having some sort of sale.

Make sure to get the nude terminations, and when you connect them, try to have as much as possible of the cable be in contact with the binding surfaces on both the amp and speakers.

I have a set of the Morrow SP2 with my Legacy Audio Signature IIs, and the sound is impressively better than all other cables I have used.
Morrow Audio my whole system is on these cables,they are good to my ears.I am burning in a new pair of sp5 reference speaker cables and they are just now starting to open up.Fantastic cables for the money and as mentioned they have sales.I like to torture myself by listening to these cables improve over time and they do which I did not believe until I heard it myself.
I think the proper question is how do to the new contemplated cables (speaker / interconnect / power) actually sound and perform in YOUR system.

There are some cold hard facts that are unavoidable:
(1) different cables sound different with different gear. (2) There is no substitute for critically auditioning what works in your system and what does not.
(3) Blind brand testimonials on AGON and other forums are little more than personal value judgements with no reliance that that may improve YOUR system. There is no subsitute for personally auditioning (dealer/ loaner/ buddy swap)as to what works best in your kit.

This extends further to the time honoured axiom that some ICs work better with particular speaker cables and power cables' and vice versa.. Things can sound worse when you start to tinker.

Regrettably, one size does not fit all. A blind purchase is a wild guess and gamble at best with no measure of likelihood of success; and an expensive backward move at worse.

Good luck