Need Ideas on speaker cables


Need Ideas on speaker cables .My speakers are Thiel CS6s. My Pre-Amp is ARC LS 16. Amps are Red Dragon Mono Blocks Would like to limit price to $1,000 or less!. Thoughts and Ideas would be helpful!

chiefsteward1

Buy some bulk Canare 4S11 cable and terminate how you wish, or buy pre-made from WBC.  Your money will be better spent in other areas, like room treatment or calibration, IMO.  4S11 has some science behind it as far as noise rejection, and has very low resistance and capacitance.   

Again from John Siau;
"The magnetic rejection is achieved through the geometric symmetry of the conductor pairs. It should also be noted that the pairs do not need to be twisted. 4-conductor telephone quad cable is not twisted, yet it is a form of star-quad cable."

 

+3 for Silversmith. Although I have also been pleased with Snake River Audio Signature power cords. I have no experience with their speaker cables. 

Goertz alpha-core (w/ RC networks (zobels))

Straightwire

OCOS (w/ zobels)

or…

wait for Tom Thiel’s upcoming cables.

some good reports with Iconoclast

I would definitely look at Silversmith Fidelium.  Had a major impact on my system of Rogue RP-7 preamp, Odyssey mono bloc amps, and Fyne F-702 speakers.  I was astounded by the improvement, previously thinking cables could make a “modest” difference but finding out they could make a major difference.

Go to Parts Express and pick up 

Audtek Pure Copper Audiophile-Grade 16 Core Interlaced Braided OFC Hi-Fi Speaker Wire 11 AWG 

Clear insulation is polyethylene, white is teflon

Then find some terminations of your choice.

You'll have your $500-$1000 cables (at least one other supplier is selling finished cables for that) for a fair bit less.