I probabely will be alone in this recommendation and have not tried ultra-expensive cable. However I have tried a few costing up to 100.00 a foot. My favorite is very low in price compared to some of the Audioquest and Kimber cable wire that I have used. Try the Lat SS-1000-D speaker cables. 10 guage silver plated copper, shielded, with excellent locking bananas or heavy spade and a very smooth detailed sound but may be a little exaggerated in the bass for some systems but is just the ticket for my system. A 10 foot pair will cost you about 300.00. Lat offers a 45 day trial period. I suggest you try them last as if you buy them first you are bound to feel that there most be much better cables since Lat is so inexpensive. You will likely keep the Lat cables. No snob appeal but excellent sonics. I have used this cable with a Proceed AVP and Aragon amplifiers. Now have a California Audio Labs unit but cable works with this pre-amp as well.
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Good grief.....I thought mating my electronics, speakers and budget was tough, but getting any consistancy with cableing advice seems impossible. I have recently acquired Proceed HPA3 amp (250/Ch), Proceed AVP pre-amp, Proceed PMDT DVD transport and will be linking them to either Watt Puppies 5.1 or to Revel Salons (there's a conversation right there). However, my real issue is what speaker cableing will match this setup. I can rationalize spending $40,000 on my system, but cannot get past $895 per foot for Audioquest top of the line. There's got to be a better 'mousetrap'. Any intelligent advice will be appreciated.