Cable Quest

I’ve tried Audience, VooDoo, DH Labs, and Zu Cable among others but have stuck with Acoustic Zen for many years.  They offer a very natural and balanced sound with great detail, tone, and imaging/soundstage, and especially if you buy used you get a lot of performance for the $$$ although they’re still a lot less expensive compared to many others even new.  My advice is to read reviews and buy used to try out whatever cables you’re interested in if at all possible, or there are direct sellers like Triode Wire Labs, Zavfino, Audio Envy, Ice Age, Pine Tree, etc. who offer generous risk-free trial periods and are another good way to go.  Hope this helps, and best of luck. 

@soix I've had Cardas Quadlink (CD to amp) and monster powerline 2 speaker cables for a long time and thought it's time for a change for something better.  I borrowed Cardas Prosec and Shunyata Gamma from The Cable Company. Don't really know what I expected but I think they were better but not by much. And how well do I remember what each cable sounded like? Anyway, thanks for your input. 

What specific improvements are you looking for?

Mogsmi bulk cable 100ft at 14 AWG which I cut into my desired lengths and then terminated with some gearit right angled banana plugs. Don't need anything ridiculous for speaker cables

Mogsmi bulk cable 100ft at 14 AWG which I cut into my desired lengths and then terminated with some gearit right angled banana plugs. Don't need anything ridiculous for speaker cables

I’ve sold a couple pairs of Acoustic Zen Satori speaker cables to people who were using Mogami and they were both thrilled at the level of improvement, so it’s certainly worth at least trying more expensive cables. 

Don’t know what your speakers and amps are. Consider Iconoclast Speaker Cables. They were a major sound quality upgrade at a reasonable price for high-end. We won’t be on the upgrade treadmill. (Previous cables were AQ Rocket. Had them about 12 years.) Also, their people are real nice to deal with. Had lots of concerns as I checked out different brands. Their website has a lot of info. After understanding my system and concerns, Bob sent 2 different cables to listen to. This was one purchase my wife agreed was one of my best upgrades. Good Luck.

You should try Kubala-Sosna.  I ended up going with their top-of-the line Realization series.  Power bables, speaker and digital.  Beat out the best Synergistic, Nordost, Audioquest, Siltech, Crystal and Bibacord.  Incredible focus, soundstage, dynamics and transparency.  I can’t stop listening to my rig.

And they’ve got several series at different price points.

I've gone through Analysis Plus, Kimber, Audioquest, and Tellurium Q. After having the Tellurium Q for eight or so years, I changed to Audience Front Row completely throughout my system. Very nice cables sound and flexibility wise. This is my stopping point.

@bzawa I admittedly don't have as extensive experience with cables as some here. I will say this though: IMHO there IS a difference. 

After several decades with Monster Powerline II and Monster Reference interconnects, I decided to dip my toe into some new cables. After a bit of surfing around, reading reviews etc. I chose these folks: https://www.morrowaudio.com/

What I liked about them is the ability to have the cables built and configured as you want them. (They also have a trade-in program) Before I rewired my system, I had a good long listening session with familiar material so I'd have fresh memories to work from.

After I rewired things, I was gobsmacked at the difference. It was not subtle! I was skeptical about their 'break in period' (Really? For wire?) But again, I was surprised at the further improvement over time. To be sure, I swapped back to my old cables to make sure it wasn't confirmation bias at play and was amazed again: There really is a difference.

I'm not going to go into the differences I heard on my specific system as if you think about it, your system will behave differently than mine. What I am trying to do is to encourage you to give new cables a try. The suggestion of buying used is a good one: You can likely get very good cables for way less than new. And if you don't like them, or you can't discern any change, you can always sell them on.

Give it a try. I don't think you'll be sorry!

Happy listening.

@soix well I have tried these very expensive stuff from acquaintances and friends and I had to do it blind just to remove the visual bias stimuli and nopes didn't hear anything so for me specifically overly expensive cables are wasted on me. Also I'm most likely getting an all Active setup soon from the Genelec the One Series so speaker cables will be wasted on me regardless

@kofibaffour  Well good for you — you get to save some nice $$$ to spend on something else.  Just goes to show how important it is to be able to try cables in your system first or buy used to limit risk. And congrats on the Genelecs — I heard their big tower line array speakers many years ago at an audio show and it’s still one of the best I can remember.