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Audioquest Slate biwire vs Audioquest GBC single wire

New to Audiogon. I just purchased here PSB Imagine T2 speakers, driving them with an Arcam Alpha10.
I need at least a 20' speaker cable pair, but have a tight budget (no more than $250).
I have seen for sale elsewhere used Audioquest Slate biwire  cables, 23' and 21' lenght, bananas on both ends for $149, but also used Audioquest single wire GBC cables, 25', spades at both ends, for about $ 100.
Have not been able to figure out which are the better cables. The Slate cables are older, i believe.

I'd be grateful to hear your opinions or about references i should check.

Thanks, Manlio
manlio24
auxinput
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GBC is a 6 conductor 12awg.
Slate is a 8 conductor 12awg.
I suspect that Slate is going to be better because it has one 20awg Perfect Surface conductor. GBC only uses LGC long grain copper conductors. I looked at those slate bi-wire. It appears that they have the silver plated bananas, so keep that in mind if you are critical about termination type. Long lengths don’t come up for sale too much. If you’re patient, you may be able to get a Audioquest Bedrock (which is better still).
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
Buy a pair of Anti-Cables from Paul Speltz! No need for bi-wiring - no significant improvement over regular hookup!
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stereo5
6,297 posts
 
I have a 25 foot pair of Slates I was using a few years ago.  They seemed to emphasize the bass while slightly rolling off the top.   Not in use any longer.  
manlio24 OP
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Thank you Auxinput for your input( ...). I am fine with bananas, but both amp and speakers have gold plated termination. Does that not work well with the silver plugs?
And stereo5, thank you for your feedback as well. the PSB Imagine T2 may use a little emphasis on the bass. Do you think that $ 149 is a good deal?
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stringreen
6,399 posts
 
wrong in my system roberjerman.....big positive difference when I biwire
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