Kimber 8TC beater?

Audioquest Type 4 is very good

also (based on my Mogami ICs)

I bet the 3104 recommended above is a good bet

I have owned 8TC and do not think it is that hard to beat for the price

The only cable that will beat the 8tc and is in the same price range or better are the MORROW AUDIO cables. Check them out, break in service is recommened. Once they break in they are very open and accurate and invisible really! Awesome cables I don't buy cables anywhere other than Morrow now, and I have Nordost SPM and Valkyrja. the Nordost are fantastic but very expensive. The Morrow MA3's or better are as good for a lot less $.

Ok ... I have a serious question. Was thinking about this after my last post.

Why wouldn't heavy gauge romex (say 10 or 12 gauge), which is solid copper I believe, make a good speaker cable. Not trying to be simple. It is a sincere question.

Bruce

Thanks everyone for all your input. It would certainly be great if the Mogami 3104 (low price) is what I am seeking. As mentioned...I will be using speaker cables as a "tone control". If I can't get a fuller and bigger sound (image size and soundstage)...will probably be getting new speakers as a last resort. Btw...also want to avoid cables which are tilted towards the top end...ie...cool side of neutral. I always felt that the Hyperion 938 sounded constricted, thin and "small".

Anyways...anyone compared the mogami 3104, kimber 8tc and morrow? How about Grover Huffman?

I guess it's all relative. "Good" can be construed in different ways. It can mean 'sufficient' or 'decent' or 'OK' as in 'good enough'. Or like many companies products where they have a good, better and best quality of the same item where 'good' denotes their bottom line. I would imagine standard romex would not require the purest copper whereas the better speaker cable uses ultra or hyper-pure, perfect-surface, or whatever terminology the manufacturer uses for extremely pure, continuous cast copper. And of course there is the dielectric and other insulation materials used. And then again I'm sure many feel there is no difference so you pretty much have to go on faith or try it yourself.