Need recommendations on cables?

RCoppel,

As you can see from this thread, there is no one right answer. Many products perform well. You should also consider a DIY cable. I made my own silver cables and they are absolutely stunning.

Try to audition those that you can and you might even consider buying something used here on Audigon. If you buy it at the right price, if you don't like it, you can probably sell it for about what you paid for it.

The one thing I have learned is one guy might love a particular cable or component for that matter and another guy might hate the same cable or component.

Audio components are sort of like ice cream, you have to try different flavors until you find your favorite. Certainly the entry fee is steeper for some than others, but great sound can be had by carefully selecting each component.

But whatever you do, don't listen to anyone that says their recommendation is the end all for everyone. If one cable or component was clearly, absolutely, positively the best, all of us would own the same thing.

There is no best for everyone (except for chocolate chip cookie dough)!

Warren

***

I agree with SDCampbell - I own both and when I put goertz M-2's between Classe and Thiel I truely believe I'm done for a long time with speaker cables...

First of all, I would like to state what Goretz cables are defently behind their time. They used to be greate cable compared with MIT or Transparent offerings but most of the moddern cables are quite better. From modern companies I would highly reccomend Acoustic Zen, Z-Cable of Stealth.
If you mention what Leon Rivkin have recommended those cables I'm shure you would get some sort of discount. Out of speaker cables I think Acoustic Zen Satory is a way to go based on the price of your equipment. Acoustic Zen Wow is greate value at $250, and if you could spend a bit more Stealth CWS/CWC also greate. If you could swing $500 for a pair Z-Cable Live V.4 is probably your best bet. Z-Cable also have greate sale 50% off on Live V.3 which is VERY good cable

URLS are
http://www.stealthcables.com/
http://www.zcable.com/
http://www.acousticzen.com/

Lcat,before I take the time to demo the cables you mentioned, please tell me what a modern cable sounds like. In my system the alpha core goertz offers clarity, transparancy, a terrific smoothness and for me balance - that transcends time for me. Many old products in all walks of life offer better quality than many new products...

HMS cables from Germany. These are excellent. These were referred to me by ex-Valhalla and Siltech owners.