Which speaker cable?

Phild is correct about cabling and system synergy. My entire system is cabled with Acoustic Zen, however I switch back and forth between AZ Hologram II and Audience AU24 depending on my mood.

I slightly prefer the AU24 for its more pronounced and lively midrange, while the Hologram II has better extension at both frequency extremes and a slightly more balanced nature.

It sounds like the Acoustic Zen might be more to your liking, so you might consider the more affordable Epoch series of Acoustic Zen speaker cables.

Good luck!

I have the same amp and speaker setup as you (check out my system), and chose to use AudioQuest GR-8 cables (mostly because I needed cables for the long runs to the rear speakers, and wanted to use the same cable throughout my system). There are better cables out there, but for the money, the GR-8 cables are hard to beat.

One thing I've come to realize lately is that power (electrical) and speaker placement greatly affect the sound of my system. Moving my speakers 6-inches back towards the wall and running my RMB-1095 through a Furman power conditioner made a significant difference.

Check out signalcable.com- look at the audiogon feedback and particularly the positive-feedback review as my experience with their speaker cable parallels the reviewer's.

What do you folks think about speaker cables with "networks" built in? I was recently talked into trying out some MIT AVt3 speaker cables, which incorporate networks near the speaker side of the cable. So far, I have not been incredibly impressed. The midrange detail did seem to pop out a bit, but I think I may have lost some low end (although some of that may be to the increase in perceived mids). I may build some Canare Quad cables to compare and see if I notice a difference. I had been using some cheap 16 guage Radio Shack wire before I picked up my new Thiels, so that's all I have to compare against for now.

Any feedback on what "networks" do, and if they are desireable or not would be appreciated.

Thanks, Tom.