3 budget speaker cable choices

I have used both the Belden and Canare, both from Blue Jeans.  The Canare as I used them have two of their four strands combined in one connector, so I believe that they end up being 12 gauge. 

In my system it was no contest, the Canare was much nicer in all respects.  Again, to my ears and in my system the Belden just sounded veiled and not dynamic.  

I had this result using a Dynaco ST70 original and MK II amp with EL34s and KT77s, a Parasound A21+, as well as my modded Museatex Meitner MTR101 monoblock amps.  All through the same tube preamp.

But its all system dependent, who knows, with a different set up perhaps the Belden would be superior.  Personally I think you cannot go wrong ordering the Canare via Blue Jeans, assuming you like their connectors.  There are others that will terminate the Canare also, such as Redco and Markertek (you would need to verify).. 

I ordered spades, you can see them on their website.  They are rather thick but I have never had a problem with them.  I am not sure, but you could check with BJC if you cared, but I think if I wanted to change from spades to banana's, or whatever, that I can just unscrew the spade part from the base of the connector and screw in the banana. Also, I don't know if I could actually hear a difference between one brand of connector and another.  I can wire though.

I don't know if it makes any difference, and it was not a point that mattered to me, but BJC says they are the only company that actually welds the connector to the wire, vs soldier it.  

I have the BJC Canare and Belden (not 1313A) speaker cables. In my systems the Belden sounds flat and veiled compared to the Canare. Couldn’t wait to take the Belden out.

In general BJC seems to prefer Belden over Canare, and I wonder if it is because the Canare star quad is harder to terminate than the two wire Belden.

My BJC Canare has the welded spades and I have to say that when I hear posters here say that one spade sounds better than another I feel I am privileged to be in the presence of such golden earned ’philes, as I doubt I could hear the difference. But hey, everyone draws the line where they please.

@bobinwi, I am sure you already know this, but each canare wire has 4 conductors in one jacket, so you have to connect two conductors in each banana or spade connecter.  Not quite as simple as some wire.

I purchased a 10' terminated pair from Blue Jeans Cable for under $100 plus shipping and perhaps they can be found cheaper from other retailers.  Good quality terminations.  Just wanted to mention this.