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Help - Cable for High End System - M7s and Block Audio Mono A

My friend is putting together a system and I offered to help him, but at this stage, the budget has grown far above the price points where I have knowledge of components and pairings - I could use some advice.  At this time, we are focused on neutral speaker cables.  These don't have to be end game but enough to get him listening for a long time and not limit the other components.  The speakers are the Magico M7 and the amps are the Block Audio Mono A 200.

Any suggestions in the $5000 to $12000 range for a pair of speaker cables.  The other limitations are that the cables should be flexible (not overly stiff) and not have large modules or boxes in the cable.  Thank you.

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kennyc
2,869 posts
 

@bthrb4u I personally would suggest albedo. 

+1 IIRC, Albedo is high-quality silver company who draws their own silver to high purity. Their prices are reasonable for silver and their performance of their top cabling is stellar. 

bthrb4u
52 posts
 

Let’s not feed the non Believer and derail the topic at hand guys 

evillgeniuz
12 posts
 

I agree Nordost is an excellent choice, just remember anything under their supreme cables line-  vahalla 2, will not make any noticeable difference, however, new these are out of your budget new, but you can certainly find a used pair well within your budget. Vahalla 2, Odin 2 are great choices...

bthrb4u
52 posts
 

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2893378
 

personally I’d hardly say it was a good value lol. Zenwave is a good value using pure silver at a far cheaper price with almost as good of capability and extremely similar sound profile.  Just the albedo having a slightly more 3 dimensionality, slightly less veiled and you’d never know Zenwave was slightly fuzzy unleee you heard them back to back. 

chayro
3,092 posts
 

Personally, if the system is brand new, I would buy a pair of 10 gauge Belden cables from Blue Jeans and let the system break in for a few months before buying expensive cables. Otherwise, you’re just buying something to suit how the system sounds today, as opposed to the way it will sound down the road. If you don’t believe in system changes due to break in, then it doesn’t matter. Worst case scenario, you will have a baseline to compare against more costly choices. 

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