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Audioquest or Kimber kable.

So I'm looking for a little guidance on speaker cables.  I recently moved up to Focal Aria 926 and 906 speakers and trying to decide between better speaker cables. The 926's share duty between home theater and 2 channel while the 906 are going to be used in a more dedicated 2 channel. Both are paired to Emotiva Xpa gen 3 amps with the 926's connected to my Yamaha 2050 pre-outs and the 906's to the Emotiva PT-100. I plan on upgrading my Emotiva down the road and would like cables that can grow with my system. I'm looking at Audioquest Rocket 33 and kimber kable 8tc cables. Which direction would be good and would it be worth going up to Rocket 44 ? Thank everyone for any and all advice.  
cvbryso
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justmetoo
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@cvbryso OP

Hi, as mentioned earlier im using the Music Link Ultra, XLR from ML326S pre- to Pass X350.5 poweramp. 
I'd various others not bad at all, yet this one now will stay.
Hard to imagine it can be bettered. 
Michélle 🇿🇦 
gdnrbob
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@OP, 
I would steer clear of Transparent. Way overpriced for what you get.
Plus, a horrible resale depreciation.
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tmm808
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I have the Aria 936 and went from the Rocket 44 to Kimber 8tc. I much prefer the Kimber. The AQ seemed to suck the life out of my system. The Kimber, to me, are very neutral
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captelee
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Kimber all the way.
I have had both over the years and also build my own cables.
Being a cable building hobbiest I have dissected both. With Kimber the different cores and quality of cable materials are clearly different grades as described. I also admire that Kimber will sell the raw cable to their customers.
With Kimber you clearly get what you paid for, as described.A very important factor in any speaker cable, keep them as short as you possible can. Every time you shorten a speaker cable there is noticable improvement in speaker quality, hence perhaps why active speakers like ATC's are so incredibly superior....there are no speaker cables!
Good luck and most of all....HAVE FUN!
thewetdog59
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+1 Another vote for Kimber Kable 8TC. The above referenced video is excellent.
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