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Fans of Blue Jeans Speaker Cable?

I searched the archives and have seen a good bit of comment on Blue Jeans' ICs but not much on their speaker cables.

Based on comments here I recently bought a pair of their LC-1 RCA interconnects. They're fantastic, period, and one of the best audio purchases I've made--everything I play sounds more human, whole, and naturally occurring in space. They replaced Tributaries A2. I'm planning to buy another set of the LC-1 to use as jumpers on my NAD C372.

So...my question is what kind of experience people have had with the speaker cables, particularly their 10g Belden 5t00up? I'm currently using Anti Cables and have been very happy with them (smooth highs, deep, well defined bass, vivid mids), but I thought that at the price I might give the Blue Jeans wires a try. Do they have any particular sonic signature? Are they as good a value as the LC-1 or the Anti Cables? Is the solid-core/stranded wire debate relevant to the comparison?

System is: Rotel 1072 with RFI chokes on the power cord > Blue Jeans LC-1 > NAD C372 with Signal Cable Magic Power cord > Anti Cables > Vandersteen 1Ci.
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mofimadness
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I replaced a very expensive pair of speaker cables with the Canare 4S11 and couldn't be happier.

I didn't get mine from Blue Jeans. You can find it for around $1.30 a foot and terminate it yourself. My 13 foot pair with shipping was about $40.
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rok2id
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I own the BJC Belden 10-gauge 5T00UP (white).

Looks good, well constructed, I terminated it myself with GLS locking, belkin and GLS Regular bananas. Seems to be one of the few cables that actually appears to be the gauge advertised.

I have three amps that I play in a weekly rotation. One hooked up to the BJC, one to AQ 14 awg and one with a generic 12 gauge from amazon.

I am blessed in that they all have the same sound (none).
Cheers.
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jedinite24
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I use Belden based BJC 10 White speaker cables for my HT set-up and I have no issues with them at all. I like the detail and clarity I get. I haven't had any issues with the midrange like stated above but then this is for a movie set-up.
ablang OP
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Thanks for the input, everyone. I'm leaning toward the Canare 4S11 right now, based on what people have said here and what I've read in the archives. I'll be single-wiring with it and so will get some EMI/RFI blocking, which I know might not be a big deal with 8' lengths.

If anyone has more assessments of sound quality with the Canare or the Belden, keep it coming. I won't likely order for another week or so, as a buddy and I are going to split a Blue Jeans order and he's still deciding if he wants to use the 4S11 for biwiring. Meanwhile, any and all thoughts are appreciated!
mmt
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Ablang, I had the Belden. Wasn't even aware of the Canare. I will give them a look. I've been using a pair of MIT Matrix 28 which are amazing in detail but still,looking around.
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