Need speaker cable recommendations ...

Audition a bunch on loan. Go to home depot and get that zip cord and terminate it. Then get some loaner cables (Harmonic Tech, Analysis, Kimber 8TC) and compare. If you don't think the extra cost is justified, don't buy. It's very simple (make sure the cables are burned in though...and spend a few hours listening to each cable). Cheers!

My choice in that price range is the Blue Circle BC92 available in single and biwire.

I have a EAD2000, MC-1 and Dunlavy SCIV's,SCIII's,SCIAV's & SM1 in my HT. I have been using Stealth Premier(copper)with Gold interconnects. Nice for the price.

http://latinternational.com/ You get a 45 day return policy with their cables. Their cables would be the ones I would recommened even if you had posted a $1000 limit.

DH Labs Q10 / external biwire / I like spades better than RCA / $50.00 per ft pair and upscaleaudio.com sells for 20% off the retail price and will have DH LAbs terminate how you want and will drop ship.
Also look into their air matrix interconnects
Check out the reviews at ecoustics.com

Try working with the Cable Company - They provide recommendations based on feedback from other customers, and they also provide loaners for in-home demos.

http://ecom3.aspre.net/cgi-bin/TheCableCompany.storefront/

Audio Advisor has Audioquest Slate and I paid 98.00 for 12 ft run. 30 day trial and they are close to my 1000 MIT 750

I would second the idea that you use a source which allows for trial and return. Get a buddy to switch them back and forth and determine whether you really hear a difference. There is a LOT of snake oil here, my friend. Charlie.

Most of the differences in cables of any kind have to do with component interface and personal tastes. With that in mind, you really do need to audition a few cables and see what floats your boat. Some amp / speaker combos will respond quite drastically to speaker cable swaps and some may be barely noticeable if at all. The only way that you'll find out is to see for yourself.

You can do this by either hooking up with some type of dealer that allows auditions or buying several used cables and then unloading what you don't like. If you do your shopping right, you should be able to find several variations to choose from at the price mentioned. When reselling the "left-overs", you should be able to at least break even if you did your homework at the initial time of purchase. That's the approach that i took and found the first hand experience to be WELL worth the effort. Sean
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High end speaker manufacturers have used aluminum wire in their finest drivers for many years. The wire on the voice coils is small and there is a lot of it. Since the cheapest copper is far better than aluminum size for size, I suggest you get some cheap copper wire. Twelve gauge would be a nice over kill. If you don't like the idea of copper wire, use aluminum wire three sizes larger.

I've tried a lot of wire in last 20 years like (vampire/kimber 4tc 8tc pbj hero plus select 1010 1011 3033 3035/cardas/audioquest/xlo/transparent/tara/ The biggest dispointment and suprisingly bad and I mean bad was the tansparent cable, it was hard & nasty no matter the length of the break in. The 2nd best I found is cardas haxlink gold rich in harmonics A nice speaker cable. The best that I think is the finest I found is by a small company called wasatch cable works. It is natural & articulate & at the same time give a wide and deep soundstag. The reproduction is three-dimensional thats "IT" OOOOH YEAH here is the wbe page (www.WasatchCableWorks.com)