Question for Paradigm Owners, what speaker cable??


Noticed the other thread about Paradigms, for those users that are currently using these speakers, what are you using for wire and are you bi-wiring??? Thanks
miked

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Ok,thanks! Again,I highly recommend the MIT T-2 biwire
These cables are very smooth and detailed.As I mentioned,they have the best bass of the above cables I've had in my system.They seem to add more power to the system too!
I've always liked Paradigm speakers.
I started out with the Titans then went to the Phantoms.
Then back to Titans with Paradigm sub (forgot which one) then to Phantoms with sub.
Next were the Studio Reference 20's which is one of the very best kept secrets in this hobby!!I will never forget the purity of the midrange.The bass was also very good for such a small speaker. As I need a bigger speaker for my rock-n-roll ways, I jumped up to the 60's for a few months before I got my current 80's. I skipped the 100's as I felt they may be too big for my room.
The 1 year 100% trade up the dealer offered allowed me to own so many Paradigm models.
The speaker cables that I had the longest were Tara Labs Phase 2 Space and Time.They are long out of production but are a true steal at used prices.They matched well with the Paradigms.I had the 15 foot run cut and I bi-wired with them with very good results.
Next up was a single 8 foot run of Kimber 8 TC which destroyed the Tara's! So much for thinking the Tara's sounded great! Next in line were a single 8 foot run of Harmonic Technology Pro-11's.These sounded better than the 8 TC especially in the bass department.
My current cables are MIT Terminator II's 8 foot bi-wire which beat out the HT by a slim margin,mostly in the bass.The MIT's tamed the slightly forward metal dome tweeters in the 80's also.
It is my feeling many speaker cables will work well with Paradigm Speakers.And yes,bi-wire yours for sure!!
Miked- If I were you I would get the MIT T-2 biwire
Mine listed for a bit over $500 but I got some used but mint ones for $200 from a dealer.I think they really do the trick for that slightly agressive tweeter in the Reference series.BTW,what Paradigms do you have? If you dont have the Reference series forget all I wrote! :~)