Hi Audiozpf, I won't comment on how they sounded new, since you say you liked them, but I recently helped someone put a new system together and they had some of the speaker cable you refer to in their old system. When we listened to it in the new one the sound was not only poor but quite distorted - I presume because the copper conductors had oxidised badly. This is perhaps the most important reason why you should listen to some new cables, but I also reckon you will get much better resloution with a more modern cable anyway.
Ancient Cable Experts Please Help.
I have been schlepping around a circa 1986 pair of Monster Cable M-1 and M-1000 cables for years. They were very pricey in their day and have sounded fine to me in a variety of systems, mainly with a Jadis Pre amp and an Aragon 4004. Does anyone know this cable? Some people have said this was a pre MIT, Brisson designed high end cable and others have suggested I am hopelessly out of date and desperate for an upgrade.