Subwoofer cable recommendations

General findings

(1) No you don't have to go to the "best" ... Translated as the most expensive . If you have the multiple five-figure ATC subs then maybe,"WTF .. Why not?" For the rest of us, read on.

(2) However,  don't automatically go as cheapest-that-you-can-find 'em either and expect miracles. The better the subwoofer then a better cable follows intuitively.  99% of the popular AV subs are cheap build AV units with a chuffy and  wooly bass response that can pass for movie blasts and booms but they won't be saved for AUDIO purposes by any expensive cable ... Full stop.

 I had a NORDOST quality build subwoofer cable which was very good without a doubt, no complaints. it was not cheap.

BUT a dealer recommended a professionally terminated DIY subwoofer cable alternative that is a long-run  REGA COUPLE interconnect clone.

it shocked me  just how good it was -- it's a KLOTZ long-run IC cable terminated with NUETRIK Profit RCA connectors. Those Profis made a big difference.  It worked better than the NORDOST with my audiophile grade Vandersteen and Castle ( designed and rebranded ATC ) subs.... And it was  cheaper to boot.

My first AV sub was a Martin Logan Dynamo subwoofer that I used for movies with a low budget class priced TRIBUTARIES  brand cable . It worked okay for movies. That modestly cheap sub predicated a matched budget class cable with no basis to think anything more expensive would step up its performance.

TAKEAWAY

As with all audio gear, system synergy matters and the cables -- ALL cables -- are very system dependent.

You have top-quality build subs that are FAR above the usual crappy cheap-build AV boom boxes that fail miserably for 2-channel audio performance ...  Why would you purposefully downgrade their audio performance capabilities with choosing crap build cables ?... 

There is a big problem here,  as everything comes at a price (as in life). All ultra-cheapo cables you are contemplating are built to their race-to-the-bottom price-point i.e. the very cheapest price-point possible that is both shoddy Chi-fi labour assembly with the cheapest possible chi-fi crap quality parts components available. Their performance follows in lock-step... Full stop.

The price you pay is what you get out.

You have already paid out the step-up premium for the speaker superior audio performance capabilities that simply evaporate (waste?) with a diverging low-quality cable choice path.

These cheap cables are in a " just pick one" strata.. You don't need a list of preferreds because there are no "better" ones other than heavily biased anecdotal faves in these blogs that are generally the same in performance and quality... again full stop.

I have a VANDY sub myself, so I know it well especially its many strengths and possibilities.