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Need help buying new speaker cable

My Tara Labs Apollo speaker cable broke at the negative terminal end.  I will need to replace them.  What cables would you recommend?  I would like to know what cables out there would be comparable.  I would like to upgrade but they need to be affordable. A local dealer recommended Audioquest Robin Hood’s but they cost $2,000.  I just can’t spend that much money.  I am looking at Audioquest Rocket 88’s for $1,150.  Any ideas?  I would also like to know what the sound difference be compared to my Appolo’s?  I still have a difficult time you can hear a sound difference between one cable and another.  
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Peter sent you a PM , he is a good dude !

if it were me, I would modify your amp to accept Cardas clamp spade binding posts and go w spades, low mass copper, gas tight. 
Otherwise reterminate the broken cable, get rid of threaded ends, use locking banana…
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Dear OP - Ignore what people say here. I am not sure if any of them even listen to music - they seem to like the sound of their own voice better...
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Thanks to everyone for your input.

the reason I thought about upgrading is because the cheap banana plugs Tara Labs uses do not fit tight enough and work themselves loose.  When I saw the Audioquest Rocket 88 and Robin Hood they were terminated with their solid metal Sure Grip banana banana lugs.  Audioquest told me these will fit tighter than the Tara Labs banana plugs.  Tara Labs said they were not able to terminate their cable with these banana plugs.

Again, thanks to all for your input!
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