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Bi-Wire, Tri-Wire or Other???

I am putting together a system for a friend who has the Alon 4 speakers. Alon recommends tri-wire speaker cables, but I am at a loss as my Talons take a single run of speaker cable. I don't want to break the bank here either. He needs 16 foot runs also so the cables are going to be very long. We are trying to acheive a very musical system and not so much a critical listening system.

Do I go with a bi-wire cable and jumpers, mono run with two jumpers, tri-wire with one spade at the amp end with three separte wires in the cable jacket for each of the LF, MF, HF speaker terminals, three separate cables???

I know Alon has their own cable but I have never heard it.

So some suggestions please, maybe $1000 or less in price? If not possible maybe up to $1500 tops. Or maybe start with something now and add to it later?

Thanks and Happy Listening.
bigkidz
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bozo
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The Alon cables are quite good for the cost. They mate well with their speakers....as they should. I tried different cables but never found anything better or enough improvement to justify the cost.

They are also small in diameter and are very flexible.

Good luck!
hepl
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You may want to audition the Linn K-600. It features 3 color coded twisted pair of 12 awg cables. Many Linn speakers feature 3 separate imputs; low, mid & high or midbass, midbass & high. For the cost($36.00 per meter) it's hard to beat.
Hector
mikesinger
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i am in a simialr boat with the alon II's.

i am hesitant to go with alons black orpheaus speaker cable due to they dont look that great and hard resale value.

current speaker cable is van den hul revalation ( best cable i have found for the alons on top or bottom). i have tried tara master generation, tara prime, ps audio statement, monster 2.4, mit 750 plus s3, az satori, and xlo type 5

btw, the alons are VERY revealing of what is hooked to them and the IV's liked to be tri-wired. here are some suggestions that might work for you.

try a bi-wire for mid & top and a single for bass ( you can also experiment to hear what combo sounds best)

alons black orpheaus - i finally hear it at the ces show in the alon suite ( $100k worth of gear ) and it was pretty awesome.

the new soundstring speaker cable - worked well on alon speakers and rumour has it, they will make the new speaker cables for alon. a bi-wire and a single wire set would work

a set of discovery 1-2-3 or signature biwire and pair of essential - i havent tried this myself- but i have tried the interconnects and they are a good match. also alot of other alon owners have used discovery speaker cables with good results ( and was reviewed in stereophile with discovery)- the factory direct prices are very good.

tara prime on the bottom - great bottom end cable

monster 2.4 biwire and 2.2 - very good cable on the alons. nice imaging and bass- can be a little detailed in the highs ( i was using xlo signature interconnect). monsters only decent cable and well reviewed in audio review and stereophile.

hope that helps,

mike
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