Omega Micro goes $700/8ft minimum used & is sometimes busted up because too fragile. You'll never find a Magnan Sig & if you do its out of your price parameters ($1600 retail/$900 used). Dont waste your time with Nordost: easier resale, but it defeats the purpose/s of your tubed rig to thin out upper mid harmonics. Go with Goertz Copper, as stated above several times, and you'll be happy for a long awhile. Extremely good value. If you'll allow a tangent, consider next the IC. There are better IC's out there for tube setups, and particularly the one you have going. NBS is hideously expensive, but people are dumping it right now & some decent deals on lower end stuff. I saw a King Serpent II (not I) RCA tredding water at $325/4ft. NBS is heaven on space, harmonics, voice, nuance - all the stuff you love. Keep it in mind down the road. Also, with the ribbon cables, keep them elevated off the floor; nothing fancy, just something relatively non-conductive as a tressle. Also, last, try a few Vibrapods under the CD. Good luck.
Best cables for electrostats?
I am looking for some recommendations on speaker cables to compliment my current setup. My system is an Ah! Tjoeb '99 cd player run through Audioquest Emerald ICs into a Jolida SJ502A integrated (with EI KT90 power tubes) and then into the Audiostatic ES100 electrostats. I had been using Audioquest Crystal, but that has been put into the home theater rig, and I need something to replace the 12 gauge lamp cord currently running the stats :). Any thoughts or recommendations? I am looking to spend around $300-400 new or used (they can be short though, 5' would probably be fine. The room is roughly 12x17). Also, what type of termination do you prefer? Thanks!