I made up my own cables using the Canare OFC 4S11 wire. I run a 5.1 system and also have very long runs due to the location of my electronics. In fact, the run to one of the surround speakers is about 40 feet! 150 feet of cable in total for the five runs. This made the cost a major factor.
So I bought a 150 foot spool of the wire and all the required components for proper terminations online from Performance Audio and made them up myself. All in it was around $500 or so. They’re still fairly new and therefore still burning in but they sound great already. Totally satisfied with my choice.
Long Run of Speaker Cabling
Hello, AGon Folks -
My setup dictates a long run of speaker cabling (about 18') from my Conrad Johnson Premier 12 Mono Blocks to my Vandersteen Quatro Wood speakers. Though not ideal, there is no other way that I'll arrange the placement of my components.
If anyone would care to give a recommendation for replacement speaker cabling (18' runs) that would do well in this setup I would appreciate it very much. I would like to stay with Bi wiring.
My components:
Vandersteen Quattro Loudspeakers
Van Den Hul Teatrack Biwire Speaker Cable (to be replaced)
Conrad Johnson Premier 12 Mono Block Power Amps
Conrad Johnson Premier 16LS Preamp
Sota Star Saphire Turntable with Benz Zebra cartridge
Conrad Johnson HD3 USB DAC
Innuos Zen Mk. 3 Streamer
Stealth PGS interconnects exclusively
Thank you,
Randy