Budget re-cabling

@williewonka I just dug up the cables we found blow everything else out of the water 30 years ago when we had 'golden ears' and really were into audio (and I think Stereoplay magazine (Germany) a few years later tested and ranked them Absolute Spitzenklasse (highest category) next to $500/ft ables). I will certainly try them, but found I only have one long enough (and one really short!). Those are common coax, back then used for cable TV wiring in large multifamily buildings. 

I will check your leads/suggestions, see what it says.

@kraftwerkturbo You receive one pair (2) of 12' cables. Or another way to say it is you receive two cables and each one is 12 feet long.

@kraftwerkturbo 

My experience with the Micca cable was not that favorable.  Unlike many others it was overly warm in my system and hid details.

I much prefer the Canare starburst 4S11 speaker cables that I purchased from Blue Jean Cables.  For the cables you specify I believe they would cost about $170 plus shipping.  The Canare are available from other vendors.

@kraftwerkturbo - 30 years ago "audio cable science" was in it’s infancy - even the good ones were bad compared to todays cables

Some comanies, like Nordost, introduced cable geometries that provided improvements, but they still used OFC copper and large solid conncetors

Todays cables are vastly superior in evrey respect

• low mass connectors that provide clear, clean signal transmission
• superior insulations that reduce noise floor
• metal purity and new manufacturing techniques produce wires like OCC copper and OCC silver for improved dynamics
• noise floor reducing geometries

And it just keeps getting better.

I have good cables on my $300 mini system and it sounds amazing, compared to the cables it came with

Companies like Audio Envy have done all the hard work for you at a reasonable cost - you’d be surprised.

But remember, any new cables require at least 100 hours break in

Good luck with your quest - hope you find the right cable.

Regards - Steve

If you're not opposed to adding your own terminations, the Monoprice cable is really quite good.  It's very similar to Canare and other bulk cables, but tends to run a bit less.