Advice on speaker cables.

@audphile1 thanks for clarifying that. Although I’ve had audio equipment for a long time, I’m definitely a novice. I went down a rabbit hole when my Yamaha a-960 I had listened to occasionally since 1982 couldn’t be repaired at least locally. I started by replacing the amp followed by other new components and have become somewhat obsessed with the hobby now. I placed an order of demo 8pr directly from Kimber with bananas. I have 30 days hopefully they aren’t to harsh with my peerless tweeters. I was going to connect them both lol. I don’t hate the 40 year old Apature wire but it was chopped up into unequal lengths sometime back. The two other cables I had tried both had bananas. I hope it’s not just bare wire that works best with those old speakers. The crossovers are new but I made the mistake of leaving the original binding posts.

Thanks to everyone for the different recommendations and all are still being considered. Also as a newbie here I appreciate everyone’s kindness on a subject I realize can be controversial. Thanks again.

@kmm84 congrats on the kimbers! 
just do yourself and your system a favor…run them in for at least 60-100hrs. Kimber cables can drive you crazy during break in. I’ve gone thru this several times. There’s a time period in break in where it’s all bass no treble, then all treble no bass. This happened with all my kimbet interconnects and power cables. Give them time. 

I finally found a copy of the video that was created showing me demonstrating damping factor with speaker cables.  Take a look, and then still try to believe that good cables don't matter, I dare ya :) Also this same problem exists with any cable driving a transducer, whether it be a speaker or a headphone driver, or ?

https://danacables.com/2026/02/07/danacable_livedemo_rmaf2013/

My solution a month ago for speaker wire and interconnects was to upgrade to active speakers. XLR from DAC to speakers, no analog crossover, each driver has dedicated amp, DSP options for the room. 

Not everyone's preference but the change in audio for me was an eye opener. I don't see myself ever going back to separate components, wiring. Added bonus is no more clutter. 

Try https://audiosensibility.com/. I have good experience with this cables. My system Monitor Audio PL300, Cary Audio SA200.2 ES power amp, Parasound JC2 BP preamp, Parasound JC3+ phono stage, Technics SL1210G turntable, and Marantz SA10 S1 SACD player. All cables are purchased from Audiosensibility and they perform amazingly well against Clarus aqua speaker cables, and  Wireworld silver eclipse cables. The beaty of dealing with Stephen is that you can try his cables and to return them if you are not happy.