Speaker Cable Recommendation

"Carl-eber" Could you be more specific as to why you don't like the analysis plus oval 9? I've heard nothing but good things about it & was considering trading my A.Q. midnight III. Please advise. [

"Carl-eber" Thank you for your candid response. It's much appreciated. Because I need such a long run (24ft), it's to costly to try every cable out there(cableguys only give credit not money back on long runs because they consider them specials). Naturaly I realise & agree my ears are the final judge of what goes in my system. However, I feel asking real users their opinions to be the most helpful & accurate informatiom as a starting point. I refuse to rely on those inflated, inaccurate, contraditing, nonsensicle reviews that you read in magazines like Stereophile by boneheads such as Jonathan Scull. By the way, what do you think of bi-wiring as opposed to a single run? I've found that a single run actually sounds better. It offers more resolution & detail, but does sacrifce just a tad of bass. In addition, have you tried the A.Q. midnight III? If so,what is your opinion?

"nhorton" Thanks for the monoblock suggestion, however I have the wife factor here. All my equipment must be concealed in a antique cabinet. In fact, that's the reason for the long speaker cable run. I had to snake the wires down through the cellar & back up to the cabinet for minimum visabilty. Without to much explanation, long interconnects will not work with my set up either. Believe it or not, long speaker runs don't have nearly as much sonic degregation as it is written. It's just real costly. I'm have'nt tried transparent but MIT has never been my bag. I think it's that network that actually gets in the way of the music. "Carl-eber" You actually don't need a speaker with single wire set up to use a single run. I own a pair of Sonus Faber Electa Amators MKI's & actually got his whole idea from the Sumiko people. By removing the midwoofer, I reposition the hi frequency connections unto the low frequency terminals thus eliminating the use of external jumpers. I'm told that Sonus Faber and many other speaker manufacturers offer their speakers in biwire configuration simply because the market demands it. In other words, most consumers believe any given speaker will sound better if it offers biwire, triwrie, ect. ect. as opposed to single wire configuration (the cable people got to love it). Proofs in the pudding. My speakers do sound better single wired. They offer more resolution in the mids & highs but sacrifice just a tad of bass. Of course I'm sure how the cross over is configured has to come in to play. Mine is fairly simple. Give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised as I was. It does'nt cost much to make up a cheap set of jumpers if you don't want to pull your speakers a part.

Carl: Point well taken. My guess is your single. I'm married with kids, so compromise is a BIG part of my life. I've been an audiophile for about 25 years now. When I first got married I got out of it. I've been back into it for about 8 years now. It does'nt matter where my system is set up. The agreement between my wife & I is with the exception of the speakers (which must be small: thus I own moniters & a sub), she does'nt want to see any of the gear, regardless of what room it's in. In addition, having my system in the family room allows my company to also enjoy it when they are visiting. When everyone's out of the house, I can fully enjoy my system. This doesn't happen often but when it does, I cherish those moments. Don't get me wrong, marriage & kids are cool too. P.S. I know jumpers are'nt good which is why I made the internal modifications descibed above.

Keep on pluggin Pops... I know exactly what your talkin about. I put in a play room for the kids down stairs last year. Of course, my long term secret intention of use is that it will eventually be my dedicated room for audio(shhhh... don't tell anyone). Unfortunatly that's about 5 years away. Anyway, thanks for the sympathy.

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