speaker cable question

I have the silversmith fideliums and am very happy with them in my system.  

Nothing wrong with your table or cartridge at all. 

I tried various Nordost speaker cables up to Heimdall along with the new Venom X and ended up liking the "regular" Venom in my system.  My previous cables were Reality Cables, an old mail order only brand.  The Venom were the only ones I liked better than the Reality ones and it was not even by a lot. I wanted bananas on both ends. The Reality had them on one end. That's the only reason I was looking.

You should do yourself a favor and check out Darwin Cables. Check out their specials page as well and give them a call. Single, solid core silver cables as thin as you hair within larger tubing that simulates air for a dielectric. Low mass ends as well so not to dirty up the sound. 

Great guys to talk to and they have a 30 day return policy if you don't like them. Here's a simple video of what they make. No gimmicks or huge PR budget to fluff things up.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise Thanks for bringing Darwin Cables back to my attention.  I remember reading intriguing things about their cables years ago but unfortunately forgot about them.  Another company that also uses exclusively silver wire in their products is LavriCables that I found through building my reference HeadFi system.  In reading through the Darwin site I noticed they refute the common misconception that silver cables = bright “if it’s done right.”  Using my ears with my several LavriCables tells me the same thing — no harshness or brightness whatsoever.  
https://www.lavricables.com/product-lines-grand-master-ultimate-reference/

I also hear the same thing with my Acoustic Zen Silver Reference ICs in my big rig and also through cryogenically-treated silver VooDoo interconnects I reviewed years ago.  Bottom line, not all silver cables are bright and, done right, can be superior to copper and a super value for the performance characteristics on offer.  Anyway, thanks for jogging my memory on Darwin cables, and I hope lotsa people put them, along with the others mentioned above, on their radar because if they don’t they’re missing out.   Just my experience and opinion FWIW.