Canare 4S11"G" now available!


I’ve been a HUGE cheerleader of the Canare 4S11 speaker cable for years now.

I have wanted try the "G" version (Oxygen Free Copper) for quite awhile now, but the minimum order was 328 feet, so I never got to try it. It is now available by the foot.

https://www.performanceaudio.com/products/canare-4s11g-ofc-oxygen-free-copper-star-quad-speaker-cable-14awg-grey-by-the-foot-1

The guys at Canare claim it’s 4S11 "kicked up a notch"! Man I love that cable.

I’m going to buy enough for my shotgun setup that I use and see how they compare.

Stay tuned...

mofimadness

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@roxy54...yes, but it has to accommodate an almost 8 gauge wire.

After massive research years ago, I found WBT and Furez.  The WBT's are expensive, but the Furez are really nice and decent priced.  I think ViaBlue also has some connectors that will work.

I know we've had other threads about this cable and IIRC, one of threads had a couple of other choices for large gauge connectors.

@pinwa...I twist all (4) conductors together for a single stick that runs JUST the positive OR JUST the negative of ONE speaker only.  So you need (4) sticks total.  I've tried it just putting another normal run on top of each other, but this way is totally better sounding.  It produces around a ~8 gauge wire.

I was in the high-end audio business most of my life, so yes, I've owned/sold/listened to many, many, many brands.

@jetter...I not really sure why it's supposed to sound better?  It so inexpensive that it's easy to try.  We shall see.

Canare 4S11 user here too, and with the estimated over 400 hrs burn-in, not terribly excited about going through the same thing with the G. 

I still recommend 500 hours, (Canare recommends 200, but it needs more).  I totally understand your thoughts about break-in.  I have a separate system that I use strictly for cable break-in, so it will go into that system for 21 days.  No harm , no foul...

@jetter...thanks for the reply!  You didn't miss anything, I forgot to post my findings, sorry.

I have a system in one of my record rooms that I use for cable burn-in.  I put a little over 200 hours initially on the "G" version and swapped them into my main system.  I actually preferred the original version better, (these have thousands of hours on them).  So I took out the "G" and put another 300 hours on them for a total of around 500 hours.  Put them back in and really couldn't tell any difference at all.  Both sound very, very good.  I really tried to hear an improvement, but it just wasn't there.  Maybe, if the "G" had the massive amount of time on them that my regular cable has/had, there might be a very slight difference...just speculating though.

If I was to start from scratch, I would probably go ahead and get the "G" version since they are only like .50 cents more a foot, but if I already had the regular version, I see no need to replace them.

I still feel that these are INCREDIBLE cables and sound as good if not better than cables at many times the price, (and yes, I have been there, done that many times over).

@juysocal55...sorry, but it does take awhile to break-in.  Canare recommends at least 200 hours, I say 500 hours, so be prepared.

Let us know if you hear any difference with the "G" series.  I really didn't...