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Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables?

All,

I’m looking for a good set of cables (speaker, RCA interconnect, digital coax) to replace a bunch of cheap off-brand cables with something better from a single manufacturer.  I have annoyingly specific requirements: they need to be on the warm/forgiving side, need to be flexible at the connectors because of a tight fit behind by gear, and need to be reasonably priced (probably not more than around $250 a piece).  

I tried Kimber Timbre interconnects and Kimber VS21 coax, but this combo was too bright/leading-edge focused in my system. 
 

Thanks for any advice!

lousyreeds1
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dekay
6,214 posts
 

Check out these (6’/$25 - 12’/$40 on Amazon).

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/micca-14-gauge-pure-copper-speaker-wire?highlight=micca

 

DeKay

rivinyl
213 posts
 

I recently went through the same search.  Ultimately bought Audio Art  Copper Cryo speaker cables with upgraded ETI Copper spades.  Also bought the AAC D1-SE2 digital cable ( check out review on Audio Bacon) They are outstanding!  Believe me they out performed multiple other brands which were more expensive.

Rob Fritz ( owner/ creator ) is great to work with as well.

erik_squires
17,555 posts
 

Mid range Wire World is particularly warm, and if that's still not warm enough try mid to low end Monster cable which is particularly dark.

willyht
83 posts
 

Mogami.

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jrareform
193 posts
 

For speaker wire, the analysis plus 12 gauge blacks are awesome and you can get a deal from a dealer for around 300 for a pair.  They are warm while still allowing high end detail to shine through.

I wouldn't be opposed to mixing manufacturers cables if I was you.  In my experience, interconnects are way less impactful to a system than other cabling.  I still rock mogami for mine after comparing to others and not feeling it was worth it.

Best of luck to you!  If you can find a hifi dealer that will let you borrow cabling, this is by far the best way for you to decide what works well in YOUR system

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