Cables more hype than value?

Mordante - have you looked at Van Den Hul? - I think they are local to you :-)

I've used three of their Speaker cables and have been very happy - Currently using their 10 gauge D352 Hybrid cables with my Naim 50 Watt integrated amp - cost around $250 for 10ft pair in Canada

I have always used their bulk cable and put my own termination on them.

You can always step up to their Carbon Fibre - supposed to be completely transparent - bit pricey though

Vdhul? Are you kidding me. I am from Holland and I sold it for many years. I also did test them. There are enough better brands. VdHul is a very nice and funny person. There was a big audio show every year. Then he was waiting for me and wanted to look around with me togheter. We did this a couple of years. He is even graduated in colours at the university.

BO1972 - did you try the carbon fibre speaker cables?

How did you find them ? - what was lacking in their performance for you

@ Mordante, Hi, Have you tried Taralabs best offerings of cables?, They have a great presatation, Not forward!, very revealing and have very good transparency with the blackest of black back grounds!, very exceptional!

Cabels like 352 with a little silver many times causes problems with the high freq. Always choose for pure copper in these price ranges. Focus of instruments and voices is less sharp than Audioquest or Kimber. The more expensive cables are no match with the better Audioquest. The differences is the better timing and superior blacks of the Audioquest.