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Which cables for my Linn set-up?

Hi, I recently bought new Linn units and my new setup will be:

2 x C4200 with Active cards driving my Linn Espek speakers and my Ekwal center speaker (all active). For my rear, I have 2 Keilidhs speakers bi-wired with 2 LK85's.

Here are my questions: how to optimal wire this setup? Can I run one cable from the C4200 to each front speaker (with 3 channels)? How to cable my rear speakers? Do I really need to put 4 cables? (2 from each amp)? Which speaker cable to use? (I use Linn K20 at this point).

I have a tight budget for this, although I know how important the cables are and I dont want to sacrifice quality too much. The problem is that my rear speakers need about 20-25 feet (4 times?).

Anyway, I hope you guys can help me out here.

Frans
redlinq

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redlinq OP
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Thank you very much guys, that is very helpful. keep you posted, looking forward to try out the whole setup! thanks again. Frans
redlinq OP
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Just to be clear, I am going to tri-amp the Espeks (3 channels of each Chakra for each front speaker and the 1 channel per Chakra for the Center Speaker). Based on your advice I woudl go for:

* The K600 for the front speakers
* 2 K20's from the Chakra's to the Center Speakers (1 channel per Chakra)
* A longer Interconnect to place the LK85's closer to the rear speakers (didnt think about that) with 4 K20 cables

For the last option, I use one LK85 to drive the treble on both speakers and the other one for the base. Or is it better to use one LK85 per speaker? (is that possible?). In that case I could use k400 cables per rear speaker.

thanks
redlinq OP
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Thank for the detailed explanation Markphd, that was exactly the info I was looking for! Frans
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