i use magnet wire in my setup. i didn't buy the "anti-cable" brand, mainly because it is only 12 guage magnet wire with terminations. the wire sells for about $3 per pound, give or take. there's no way i was going to pay $10 per foot, that's insane. i actually prefer it to most of the cables i've used--for the price, all of them. my other wires are currently mit terminator 2 biwires. they have magnet wire in them, but to me don't sound quite as open as the straight magnet wire. i also made jumpers out of the excess. far and away better than the stuff that came with the speakers. do yourself a favor--go to an electrical supplier and pick up the wire yourself, buy some screw on terminations and make your own. if you don't like them, it won't set you back more than $20 for the whole setup.