Entry-level speaker cables


Any recommendations for entry-level (i.e. low cost) speaker cables? I'm running basic 12-gauge wire right now between an NAD C326 amp and a pair of Totem Mites. I have about $200 to spend. Thanks for any help you can provide ...
jeddythree

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Mogami 3103 terminated with Vampire high copper content spades. Cryo it and burn it in post cryo and it gets even better.

I preferred it to my Kimber 8TC (also cryoed and burned in on the Nordost cooker) and ended up selling the Kimber.

The 8TC retails at $25 ft., the Mogami around $2.75.

The Mogami is mentioned a couple of times at the bottom the page on Salvatore's site linked below:

http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-SpkrCab.html
"Based on the $25 per foot calculation, I saved $340 (68%) on my used type 8 pair. Not too shabby."

Always good to buy used-makes sense. However, even at $8 foot for used 8TC it's almost 3X the price of the 3103. And the Kimber Postmaster spades are hideously overpriced IMO.

I bought the Mogami as a bit of a cheap experiment after having excellent results with some of their other cable.

My 8TC was probably 15-20 years old and I can't actually recall what I paid for it-it probably didn't owe me much. When I did sell it after the Mogami outperformed it the net result was I had about an extra $100 in my pocket. I thought that was not too shabby. ;)