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Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables?

All,

I’m looking for a good set of cables (speaker, RCA interconnect, digital coax) to replace a bunch of cheap off-brand cables with something better from a single manufacturer.  I have annoyingly specific requirements: they need to be on the warm/forgiving side, need to be flexible at the connectors because of a tight fit behind by gear, and need to be reasonably priced (probably not more than around $250 a piece).  

I tried Kimber Timbre interconnects and Kimber VS21 coax, but this combo was too bright/leading-edge focused in my system. 
 

Thanks for any advice!

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willyht
62 posts
 

Mogami.

jrareform
20 posts
 

For speaker wire, the analysis plus 12 gauge blacks are awesome and you can get a deal from a dealer for around 300 for a pair.  They are warm while still allowing high end detail to shine through.

I wouldn't be opposed to mixing manufacturers cables if I was you.  In my experience, interconnects are way less impactful to a system than other cabling.  I still rock mogami for mine after comparing to others and not feeling it was worth it.

Best of luck to you!  If you can find a hifi dealer that will let you borrow cabling, this is by far the best way for you to decide what works well in YOUR system

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stereo5
6,441 posts
 

For speaker cables I recommend the Canare 4S11 speaker cables.  For around $100.00 you will get a fairly neutral cable that sounds amazing.  I switched from expensive cables to these 5 or so years ago and never looked back.  Break in is long, around 500 hours but everything is there in spades, thunderous bass, smooth midrange and a very delicate treble.  I did a long thread on the cables and breaking them in,   I loved them so much, I use them in both my systems now.  

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dekay
5,652 posts
 

stereo5:

Previously difficult to source in smaller quantities Canare 4S11G (OFC) is now available @ the following link (45 cents more a foot).

This said, the original 4S11 (which I have) is not very flexible, but I do prefer it sonically to the older versions of Kimber  4VS/4TC I've used in the past.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/canare-4s11-g-now-available

 

DeKay

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