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Best Speaker Cable 20 Foot Pair

I am currently running with Thor Audio tube 60 watt
monoblocks, Thor TA 2000 preamp and A Cary Audio 306/200
cd player which I use as a transport with my Thor Audio Dacs. The system sits on Sistrum racks from Star Sound Technology and my Quad 988 also rest on Sistrum stands. The sound is wonderful but I need to replace the loudspeaker cable as I need a 20 foot run, and also need 3 meters of interconnect and 15 feet run of power cords to plus into the Quads. Can anyone recommend quality speaker
cables, interconnects and power cords? It seems that
everybody sells the above and making the wrong choice
would be an extremely expensive mistake.
kjl
metralla
945 posts
 
I'd love to see a picture or a diagram of your room. You say you need 15' power cords for your Quads. Are they that far out from the back wall? Are there convenient outlets?

You need 20' from the monoblocks to the speakers, and yet only 9' for the interconnects between the Thor preamp and the monoblocks. I'm wondering if you could not rearrange things. Have you considered short speaker cables with longer interconnects?

Perhaps you need a couple of extra outlets added to help the Quads out - is that possible?

Regards,
kjl OP
31 posts
 
Dear Metralla:

My Quad power cords are plugged into a Ricard Gray 2100S
which is housed on my racks. The speakers are many feet to
the left of my racks. My speaker cable needs a 20 foot run as they are over 15 feet from my two racks. The Quad power cords are plugged into the Richard Gray which is far from my two racks. The racks are near each other, that is the reason for the three meter interconnect requirement.Thanks
for your comments. Any cable or interconnect or power cord
recommendations?
sdcampbell
2,136 posts
 
The other bit of information that would be helpful before responding to your question regards your budget for each of the items you propose to buy. For example, the "best" speaker cable may be the Nirvanas, but they are stratospherically expensive. Help us by establishing some cost parameters.

I think the second thing you should seriously consider is ra-arranging your system, so you can use longer interconnects and shorter speaker cables. Interconnects carry a much lower voltage signal than speaker cables, and they also tend to be cheaper than speaker cables.
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