Cables for Meadowlark Audio Kestral 2 speakers....

First let me say that I hope you bought a pair of used "broken in" ones? When I first received them I put them in a 11x11x8H room and they had lesser bass response,bright sounding tweeters,very detailed,good with vocals,and no finicky placement. They started sounding better at 60hrs. of break in, definitely better Bass and thump at 100hrs. I then moved them into a 13W x12H x13L?? room. This room actually only has 3 walls so technically the length is open and much longer. They now have about 140hrs. on them and they sound beautiful on jazz music,instruments,vocals,keb mo, nora jones,etc. Tweeters are finally SWEET sounding,mid range is GREAT, with large musical soundstage. However putting them in this larger "open" room has killed the bass! Actual bass instument sounds somewhat true and natural but NO punch,thump,or boom from other types of music, NONE. If I keep them in this room I think I'll get a subwoofer. Nothing to shake the house or anything, just some thump. BTW, I'm using 8 guage DIY speaker cables with no bi-wiring.

Yes, they are used; in prefect condition with about 300 hours on them (at least according to the seller). For $1200.00 I think I got a good deal on a pair of decent speakers.

$1200 sounds good to me, especially since you don't have to break them in. meadowlark claims break-in of 100-300 hrs. and i've seen reviews that claim around 300 for best sound. Mine sound great and if more hrs. make them sound even better, i'll be really impressed. Enjoy.

I will chime in briefly here. I haven't had personal experience with the K2's - however I have owned both the Osprey and now the Nighthawk from factory > shipping crate > my listening room. Both new and no hours... I can attest both took nearly double the break in hours stated by the manufacturer. I have also heard from another dealer that their pair of Kestral 2's seemed to take forever to break in fully. In my experience I would state give them 500 to 600 hours before making any critical decisions.

Cody-

Also, to answer your inquiry on cabling. I have been told Audience AU24 as well as Analysis Plus mate well with the Meadowlark speakers.

I personally am using Synergistic Research to great effect.

Good luck with your search.