I'm a long-time owner of Maggie 1.6QR's. I've tried a number of different speaker cables, and combinations with mine. I tried bi-wiring with Analysis plus Oval 9 cables (with pins) and really couldn't hear any improvement. This was with a pair of Classe CA200 amps run in monoblock (about 600 wpc). The sound was different, but not better. If anything, I thought the soundstage became somewhat indistinct. I had better results with simple mag-wire cables.
Anyway, if you can get your amps really close to the speakers, the length and type of wire can't make that big a difference. One of my biggest improvements was going to long interconnects and short speaker wires. YMMV
The biggest breakthroughs in sound for mine involved hacking the speaker:
* First, replacing the stainless speaker connectors with Cardas connectors, made a notable improvement, especially improving the quality of the internal wiring (I rolled up the socks to keep from cutting them--really easy!).
* then, about 3 months later, replacing the internal crossover with an external crossover, using high quality components (North Creek/Jensen)
* then, about a year later, going to a bi-amped system, with an active line-level crossover between the preamp and the amplifiers. The two stereo amps were hooked up directly to the drivers--one channel per driver--bypassing the fuse and connectors. This was HUGE!! A major step forward in clarity, detail, and impact.
* most recently, switching to tube amplifiers instead of solid state. I found that I could run lower power amps, and get much better sound. I have EL34-based amps on the tweeter/mid panel, and gain-matched KT88-based amps on the bass panels. No need for a subwoofer with this setup!
At this stage, the sound has progressed far beyond any other 1.6's I've heard. It's a bit more expensive than just buying another set of speaker cables though!
A lot of support to be had on the Audio Asylum Planar board. You should check it out!
Hope this helps!
Anyway, if you can get your amps really close to the speakers, the length and type of wire can't make that big a difference. One of my biggest improvements was going to long interconnects and short speaker wires. YMMV
The biggest breakthroughs in sound for mine involved hacking the speaker:
* First, replacing the stainless speaker connectors with Cardas connectors, made a notable improvement, especially improving the quality of the internal wiring (I rolled up the socks to keep from cutting them--really easy!).
* then, about 3 months later, replacing the internal crossover with an external crossover, using high quality components (North Creek/Jensen)
* then, about a year later, going to a bi-amped system, with an active line-level crossover between the preamp and the amplifiers. The two stereo amps were hooked up directly to the drivers--one channel per driver--bypassing the fuse and connectors. This was HUGE!! A major step forward in clarity, detail, and impact.
* most recently, switching to tube amplifiers instead of solid state. I found that I could run lower power amps, and get much better sound. I have EL34-based amps on the tweeter/mid panel, and gain-matched KT88-based amps on the bass panels. No need for a subwoofer with this setup!
At this stage, the sound has progressed far beyond any other 1.6's I've heard. It's a bit more expensive than just buying another set of speaker cables though!
A lot of support to be had on the Audio Asylum Planar board. You should check it out!
Hope this helps!