Speaker Cable Recommendation

Sol, I use MIT 330 Shotgun, both RCA and Proline (my linestage is rca only right now, when I use it). The Proline is the best bang for the buck, I got this 2 meter pair for $550 used. There might be something out there better for the price, but I've heard many of them, and I doubt there is...I really do...at least with similar systems to mine. MIT has had a few duds, but when they get one right, they're better than all the competition! Guys that don't like MIT, have not heard these latest "High End" series. I also found a terrific deal on a 4 year old 350 Shotgun EVO RCA a couple of months ago, and will try to compare it to every RCA interconnect around that I can, to see how the rest measure up. You wouldn't believe how "not there" THIS cable sounds. Anyway, the 330 Shotgun Proline connects the balanced output of my CD50 to the balanced input of my Krell, and the improvement was astounding (in every way) over even the 330 Shotgun RCA (connecting unbalanced). I don't know if equal credit should go for both the cable and the balanced connection, or if one should get more credit than the other. The Proline does add a "CVT coupler"...but, the CD50 does sum the output of the differential DACs (many balanced players or DACs do NOT do this), so that the advantage of differential operation can be realized from the RCA outputs. As for Krell, I've never met anyone that thought a "Krell-anything" worked as well unbalanced, as balanced, so perhaps that aspect alone accounts for the higher percentage of improvement.....................In any case, the XLR version of an interconnect practically always seems to have slightly different charactersistics from the corresponding RCA version, and usually the XLR version is better...but not always. Just like balanced operation is perhaps usually better, but certainly the circuit topology is a huge factor there (depending on what the designers prioritized).

I haven't heard the speakers so my recommendations are not based on this particular combination of components.However, I really like the Kimber cables. I think you usually get the most for the dollars spent. Not knowing how long the run of speaker cable you will have to have i would start out with the 8TC and move up the chain trying to keep within your budget. The other speaker cables that i reallly like are the AudioQuest Dragons. i think that they ar now no longer being produced, which might mean that you could get a great deal on used ones, which might mean that you could get them on your budget (again depending how many meters you will need. Good Luck Joshua

I have Dragon Plus non-biwire, and if/when I ever do sell them, the guy won't be a getting a "deal", since Everest is $8500! I'll get whatever the "market demands"..........................I love the way AudioQuest has gone the way of Wireworld, and gone up 150% on the price of all their cables. But at least AQ changed the names and outward appearance! (And they're cool "earth-friendly" environmentalist-wacko names, too!) WW has the gall to just hike prices 25%, with NO changes to appearance or nomenclature! I've noticed a few dealers have had to have "50% off" sales just to move WW product. And make no mistake, they're still making 50 points on the sale! I picked up some cheap Atlantis 2 ic, and will report a comparison with it, to others soon, after it gets burned in some. This test will be with Sennheiser 600 headphones and tube headphone preamp ONLY...be several weeks before I post, though...

The best cables I've heard at any price are the Harmonic technology Pro-9 Don't take my word for it Check out their web site and click on reviews.This stiff wipes out some of the most exspesive cable on the market and for 888.00 for an8ft pair in biwire

So far, I'm really impressed w/ the Van Den Hul, The Wind on my Contour 1.1 mated to a Plinius 8150i integrated! The cable is fairly inexpensive and its very good. I;m trying out the ANalysis Plus in a few weeks, but I had had the Wind for almost 6 months and I can't complain!