NEED AUDIOQUEST TYPE 8 OR CV-8, PLEASE HELP.


Hey guys, I'm new to the site, and in a bit of a tough situation; I've got a pair of speakers that I am wanting to bi-amp, and I've got an existing 10 ft pair of Audioquest type 8s that I don't want to go to waste. I can't afford to buy two sets of something new right now, but Audioquest has apparently discontinued these cables, and I cannot find a set ANYWHERE. I've checked every online retailer, amazon, ebay, etc, and the only thing I found was a dealer that had a set of cv-8s in the wrong length (8 ft, and I need 10 ft). If anyone knows where I can find a set, I'd be very appreciative. Thanks!!
traxion

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Never claimed this was an emergency, so I'm not sure what to make of that. Either way, I think you might have misunderstood what I was asking. The problem I have is that I want to bi-amp my speakers, and I have a perfectly good pair of [discontinued] cables that I don't want to go to waste (you can't just buy a different type of cable as you are not supposed to mix and match cables of different construction and geometry).

I've already checked with Audio Advisor, and they don't have any factory terminated cables, they only have leftover bulk cable that they terminate in-house with pretty cheap looking stuff. What I'm looking for is another set of full range (not bi-wire) type 8s in a 10 ft run with banana terminations. If anyone has a used set they are considering parting with, I'll pay a very fair price. Thanks...
@Zd542,

I'll take note in the future that using capital letters to emphasize something denotes an "emergency." Thanks for clearing that up for me.

@Timrhu,

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that...
^Much appreciated. I saw their website earlier, but they didn't seem to have it listed (at least not in the length I was looking for). Will give them a call just to be sure, though.
Thanks for all the replies, guys. I called HCM, and even though they didn't have what I was looking for on their website, they were able to make me a set of "no-frills" CV-8 (no DBS equipped) in the length I needed for a very reasonable price.

I went with them over Audio Advisor because they terminate with AudioQuest connectors, and are able to do the same "cold weld" process that AQ does, so it's as close to factory-terminated as I'm going to get at this point.

Since my Arcam AVR400 is capable of [proper] active bi-amping, unlike the Denon it's replacing (which could only passively bi-amp), I'm excited to see how my system sounds...