The thinner your interconnect; generally the better. I personally prefer 26 AWG Silver wire as interconnect. Shielding is not a good idea especially if you are using SETs. Shielding which is a favorite catch phrase of cable manufacturers actually chokes off the sound, shrinking the soundstage by introducing unwanted musical veils. I repeat; do not buy shielded cables with your SETs and also never buy an interconnect or speaker cable that's multistranded...For the interconnect, in order to prevent audio noise from contaminating your music, stay away from MULTI-STRANDED design!....For the speaker cable: Make short; true bi-wired; keep it simple (generally a bad idea to have spades or bannana plugs); avoid multi-stranded wires and try to keep the cable off the ground.....Ohhh, in order to really know what I am talking about, try the above design and listen to your system at 2 am...with all the lights off, the frig off, and all appliances turned off (including the wife)..lol
