Speaker Cable Recommendation

@stereo5 Good cable choice. 

Thanks mike_in_nc   I realize cables wont fix the room, but this is the room I have. I'm not looking to treat the room at this point. I'm not a purest, so I dont mind compromise. The system sounds great as it is, but I do need longer cables, so why not ask the question.

Thanks newbee  I appreciate your comments, this system is in my living room, and I have family considerations in regards to treatments, and other upgrades. I have simple 16/2 cable serving the speakers now, but I'm curious what may be a good fit with low watt, high efficiency speakers. They dont have to be expensive.

You're the second to mention Mogami, I'll be looking at those

Thanks antigrunge2 ,, I'll look into the Aiditorium23s

ghdprentice  I have been using Transparent Cables, and liked them. I moved my gear and now I need about 12' to the speakers. I could get Transparent again, but if I'm going to spend the $, curious if there is a better match for my system.

Cables can't fix the room. I second the Mogami or Canare recommendations and suggest you consider using the funds saved to add a little acoustic treatment to the room. Carpets, drapes, acoustic panels, bass traps, whatever. GIK or ASC will make plans for you for cheap. You don't need to follow them, but they'll give you ideas. The improvement will far exceed what any cable change can provide.

Canare 4S11 cable.  You will thank me later.

Very pleased with my new Anti-cable 3.1 reference.. a bitch t install on my Thiel CS2s but the sound stage and imaging are worth the effort!

"Not a great room". It seems counter intuitive to me that you would want to spend up to $1000 to counterbalance the room problems, especially when expensive cables tend to be neutral and likely to expose problems in you room/system. In your place, personally speaking, I’d cheap out and get some Belden 10 ga cables sold by Blue Jeans. They might just do what you want, and if not you won’t have spent much money. The Mogami (12ga) is a good option too, but it's different from the Belden in that it is more info rich in the mid-range, but not high on warmth.

Consider vintage Western Electric cables.

There’s a seller here.

Have you rolled those 12AU7 s?

Get Auditorium23, specifically designed for high efficiency, SET application and the next best thing to buying $$$$ Shindo originals

You might be able to get away with Nordost blue heaven speakers cable, because of your tube amp and preamp.

MOGAMI.  Excellent bass.

Your observation on the Nordost is right on. Their top end products are world class and unbeatable, but their lower end stuff is “thin” sounding. I would recommend looking at Cardas first… the higher the level the more transparent they are (clearer😊). DHLabs are really good for the money, Transparent work phenomenally well on my equipment, solid sound dead quiet background… no tonal change). They are exactly as the name implies… but means you want to hear every nuance of your components… so all of your components must sound good. AudioQuest is worth a try… they most recently have been sweeping the audio world with their Storm series power cords.

What cables are you using now, and are you looking for new or used?