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Speaker cables for Maggie 3.5s

What are other Maggie owners using for their 3.x series panels?

I am driving them with a Plinius 8200 integrated, and Vince (the US Plinus distributor) suggested I use a net 10 gauge cable for best results. He didn't recommend any specific brand. I started out biwiring with Rat Shack 12 gauge, and want to try something else.

I have been impressed with Canare star quad 11 gauge in the recording studios I work at, and it's cheap enough to give it a shot with minimal downside, but was curious what other Maggie owners can share in terms of success and failure.

TIA.

Tim Wat
timwat
jvogt
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I second the AlphaCore MI2 Veracity. I'm using them
with Magnepan 1.6's and a Levinson 335 with excellent
results.
banksfriend
132 posts
 
I have Audioquest Calderas biwired to my 3.5s. I am quite satisfied
hasse
230 posts
 
My 3.6/R´s are hooked up with a double run of AudioTruth (AQ Argent+, but I´d love to try the Kimber Selects.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
http://www.positive-feedback.com

has a series of reviews by Bob Neill on speaker cables.
eagle
154 posts
 
The informative review of the Empirical Audio Clarity 7 speaker cables at Positive Feedback is very interesting and verifies other reports I have read regarding their performance. The current review is significant for me because it favorably compares them to cables I know are excellent. Definitely worth an audition.
The Gecko jumpers would need to be terminated with Z plugs or bananas, change the connectors on the speakers, or use adapters which is an added connection. I'll probably change the connectors on my XO's and speakers eventually to spade type during the next phase of XO upgrade. I have already eliminated the extra connections for biwiring on the XO box, bypassing the tweeter attenuator and fuses on the speaker with very worthwhile results.
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