gnostalgick, I understand Duelund is working on a 12 G wire that may be more suitable for longer lengths. I have been doing some work on my music room and needed 25 ft to allow flexibility in placement of the rack. I picked up 50 ft of Beldon 5T00UP for about $1/ft. It is 10 G wire. Certainly it is nothing fancy, but I am amazed how good it is. I do not detect any issues with respect to tonal aberrations, and it is quite grain free. It is likely when I get done with the room I am going to need at least 18 ft lengths of cable, and as happy as I am with the cheap Beldon, it is going to be really hard to justify anything too expensive. The Beldon is a cheap experiment. You might want to give it a try. It took about 3-4 days to get it from Blue Jeans Cable.