Speaker cables for Linn Kan I

FWIW, a very close friend mine tried many cables with his Linn Kabers, he settled on bi-wired Tara's, the other top considerations were Linn's own and StraightWire.

This morning I picked up some 18awg solid core wire from a garage sale and decided to try it out as speaker wire. The results (with single runs to each channel): With the LS3/5a speakers, my Kimber Monocle XL trounced the solid core easily in all ways. The solid core drained the musical juice from the sound and the bass became boomy and loose.

With the Linn Kan speakers the solid core trounced the Kimber in all ways, firming the bass, reducing coloration and 'shout' and revealing a magical musicality that previously had been masked by the Kimber.

I have no explanation for any of this! But I'm really delighted, and surprised by the different synergies available with amp/cable/speaker combinations.

Thanks for the ideas. I wondered about using Linn cables, so it's good to hear of your experiences.

As a former "Linnie" I would recomend Linn's own K20 or K400 for bi-wiring, cable. I always found that there was a real synergy with Linn's speaker cables and it's loudspeakers. Not really cheap but can often be found here used for very good prices.

I use Kimber 8tc with Linn Katan's. Works very well.

A very nice cable is the LFD biwire. I use it with Aerial 5's. Extremely detailed and tight with no hardness.

I'm sure there are tons of other choices....