Speaker cables for OHM Walsh 5 MKII?

OH, I see.

Yes, thick carpet can be more problematic with casters.

Mine are on a thin and dense carpet over a concrete foundation. casters work very well there!

They sound good with most any speaker wire if everything else is in order. I would not go too hogwild spending money on expensive speaker cables.

I do have a pair of Audioquest cv-6 with the DBS devices in use with my 100S3s. This combo sounds very good. My 5s are in another room conencted via in wall wires that are essentially 12 gauge or so typical copper strands, nothing fancy, commercial grade in-wall speaker wiring. I am hard pressed to associate any better sound with the audioquests because the setups and rooms are so different, but I will say the Audioquests probably leave little to be desired, although I still cannot determine if teh DBS devices actually affect the sound.

For starters, at least a foot or two from rear wall and at least a foot or so from sides, with speakers generally farther apart than distance from listening position, but this can vary. Make sure tweeters are pointing forward towards the center of the room, in general crossing in front of prime listening position.

For 5s with adjustments, I recommend starting off towards lower settings for room size and bass/position relative to walls, then tweak from there as needed to get the best blend of soundstage and imaging and bass levels. Moving out from rear walls in general will improve imaging but will also affect bass levels. Small differences in actual location can make a big difference. Experiment until tuned in optimally.

Tele,

I prefer the casters. They make it easy to adjust location and lock it in as needed. Casters may only be available for the older pyramid shaped cabinets that are wider towards the bottom. Not sure though.

I had a pair of orignal Walsh 2s for years that I put castors on myself for this purpose.

Good point regarding distance between speakers and center imaging. I think a good general rule is put them as far apart as possible while still maintaining a solid center image. Mono recordings can be useful to help determine this.

Also, in general, the farther out from the wall, the farther apart the speakers can be and still retain the solid center image.

If you loose the solid center image, the speakers are too far apart.

You may find that once the solid center image is locked in optimally for mono recordings, the stereo recordings then fall right into place with no further adjustments.

It took me over a year to finally land my Walsh 5S3s in their current location where they have resided now for about a year. My L shaped room is particularly problematic though I have found the omni OHMs to work quite optimally in there once I got everything right.

I have a really non-conventional asymetrical setup for my Walsh 2S3s in my small 12X12 office that I stumbled on, but that is a topic for another day.

One other thing I have found is that any changes or tweaks in the system otherwise generally results in some tweaks to speaker location being needed as well in order to optimize everything.

Good luck!