Best speaker cables for longer runs

My equipment is on the side also which means I run 21 ft speaker cables. I currently use DH Labs Q-sonic which is silver plated copper in a bi wire configuration. These cables sound excellent with either of my two very different speaker/amp combinations, which currently is W4S ST500 to Nautilus 802 or VAC PA100 to ESP Bodhran SE. As I recall, the price was under 800.00 which is very reasonable considering the quality and performance.

I still have the OCOS cables with enough adapters to run single or bi wire but they don't impress me with either amp or speaker. I have Audio Magic Excaliber single wire which sounded great with the VAC powering the 802's. The ESP's absoulutely require a bi wire run. I also have a run of the MAS hybrid cable that is pretty good but I prefer the DH Labs and Audio Magic over that one.

Do you plan to run single wire with jumpers or bi wire?

Second the Canare 4S11 note.

…and another one.

With runs of 30-40ft in my main HT setup driving the Silverline SR15s (92db, 8ohms), bi wire is quite good... suplanting them with a pr of Canton two ways (87db 8ohms)I had to lose the bi wire approach and connect them up double stranded instead.

I also use a pr of Synergistic Research Sig 10 - x2 active bi wire cables as my main speaker cables with a variety of amps and speaker conbinations... primarily though with Silverline sonata IIIs 92db at <8, Odyssey Stratos Plus 180w, Butler TDB5150 150w x 5, Dodd mono blocks 120w BAT VK60 60w, Rotel 1080 200w.

The SR speaker cables are decidedly better than the Canare… BUT Canare comes in around a buck or so a ft. the SR Sig 10s new were around $80 per ft. I got mine for under $600 @ 21 ft.

Canare’s using two strands per terminal are a warmish sounding cable… going bi wired, using a strand per terminal, they become less hearty and not warmish at all.

The SR Sig 10s are about as neutral as I’ve found while still possessing body, openness and balance that delivers fine imaging, bottom end and a very musical presentation without spotlighting, or obscuring detail. And all is conveyed with refinement and a very very low noise floor… w/SS or HS.

I will run Bi wire. Looking at the anti cable, if you run a 20' run biwire it's not actually so cheap. Although possibly still a bargain.

Anyone have any opinion on MIT for this purpose?

Steveaudio, it is certainly true there is a big depreciation it with cable. Isn't that why we hang out at audiogon?

Tvad,

I once had a certified NSF technician come to my house to calibrate my rear projection HDTV. He was not an "audio guy". He looked at my anti-cable speaker cable and asked me if it was some sort of modern art, before I told him that those red wires sticking up in the air were speaker cables. After he stared at me for a second, he shrugged his shoulders and went to work. 20 feet of red wire! I gotta see this!