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Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house!
Dekay...the stripping of mogami is tough because the smaller/finer conductors.cutting/slice length/horizontal spares them some what....yeah i looked at 4s11g.Even called canare us supplier (Sell 500’) of it..The only one that would sell cut length... 
Limited soundstage between speakers
Newbee mirrors what i have found...little wider soundstage moving apart and toeing in (over your shoulder) to remove 1st reflections...speaker from front wall measured by tweeter.I think too far from front can loose sound stage...read you dont wan... 
Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house!
Yeah performance has worked for me...mogami was one of first diy speaker cable efforts...You must cut this wire after initial length cut...strands dont survive stripping.Fwiw. (for anybody interested..3103,3104 in 7ft lengths)?  
What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?
This musician loves his atc 19 v2...been best speaker ive had in my albeit basic system.Sound stage,timber, will most likely move to 35 scm at some point if get into bigger room.Love to have a few other’s (makes) as well..but 19’s are a great moni... 
Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?
Im using chris's quad 12 and i have been really happy with all his wire.The chela are something i id like to try as well.Chris products have never let me down.  
Will a new Dac improve the sound?
It seems they go through upgrades every 6 months...just putzing with my player and decoupling showed me that the micro detail is worth the $ and adding a good dac🚀...im sure its a matter of time that i make the shift to dac...Would seem once bit i... 
Will a new Dac improve the sound?
I recently tried some pucks because my sim has built in cones (older model 5.3)...i have been doing the diy speaker cables and a set i was just not quite happy with...well i had 5.3 amp years back which the previous owner sent along little pucks a... 
Chinese Cables that sound good
Yeah valid point ...i guess resale is were its going hurt as well not having oem product.  
Audio nonsense
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...amen.  
Chinese Cables that sound good
I have bought several pairs of Ghents canare 4s12 cables...i was even surprised that the ends really were not objectionable sounding.Hes a great guy to deal with as well. No complaints here for the $...cant get 4s12 in states either.Fwiw prefered... 
Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?
Brother has a dog named cooper?...i think they will sound descent.Ive bought from ghent before and was pleasantly surprised.  
Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?
I dont know about expensive or not but i changed out my more $ (diy) speaker cables to my (diy) furez 4/12...the Furez more than holds there own and are kind of holding the crown of the cheap diy’s as of now.In doing the "diy" cable’s i have sold ... 
Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?
What chay said is some good advice...after your done with the budget stuff the itch for some high level comes calling...i did some diy speaker cables this summer and it was to see what/were these budget cables were at after reading so many convinc... 
biwire? and best way to do it?
I just put in a set of zavfino jumpers again after initial tryout...I ran them in on my frybaby for 2 days and the first disk in was way different than first blush with them....Music is more resolving...sound stage deeper with nice natural timber.... 
Question about Bi-Wiring
Nice photos by the way too steve!...