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No debates: what speaker wires, cables or interconnects do you prefer and use?

I'm using Speltz Anti-cables on the MR/Ts and Rat Shack 16ga flat OFC on the woofers.
IC's are the Zebra Analog IC's
 
Speaker cable is Monter Cable Z3, which was a true revelation over the MIT Terminator 3 cables they replaced. I didn't buy into a lot of the cable debates until I compared these two.

Interconnect cables are a mix of MIT AVt 1, MIT MI-330, MIT Terminator 2, and assorted other cables.
 
Depends on the set-up at the time............

Speaker wires: Monster XP/Kimber 8TC/Nordost Flatline or Super Flatline
IC's: Kimber Hero's/Nordost Blue Heaven or Red Dawn..........R1
 
Speaker wires----lamp cord from the hardware store and some flat speaker wire from Parts Express.

Patch cords---whatever comes to hand after 35 years in this hobby; one ends up with lots of them.

I'll put a goddam gun to my head before I call patch cords "interconnects". I don't call garbage dumps "landfills" either.

Years ago I tried copper welding lead as speaker wires, just enough to hook up one speaker, I used a couple of long stingers. Waste of time.
 
I am getting ready to make some new interconnects from MIL spec 22 AWG silver plated O2 free cable. It will be interesting to see if I can hear a difference from the AR cables I am running now.
 
I'm using CAT Cables (silver) for everything but speakers. My speaker cables are Wire World 3 meter bi-wires.
 
Current wire setup
Interconnects - AudioMagic Excaliber II
Power - Zu Cable Bok
Speaker - I used SoundKing 12 GA. OFC for the last few years, but just switched to 12 GA.OFC Magnet Wire Twisted Pair DIY (similar to Speltz Anti-Cables)
Regards,
Jim
 
I just use any gold plated cables I can find. Plus I have been using the same 16 ga. monster cable for my speakers for about 30 years now.
 
I run bulk 12 ga oxy free, rope braided with Monster ends on the Yamahas and SDATs, and 16 ga. on the Bose. All my patch cables are DIY with Scoshe cable and ends I've had laying around for years.
 
I use almost entirely Kimber. The 4TC for my speakers, and for interconnects I'm using PBJ, Hero, and, best of all, their Silver Streak. Unfortunately none of these are shielded so I can't use them with my turntable setup. For the turntables at the moment I'm using the interconnects that came with my Pro-Ject RM-5 (actually not bad at all), and for my Thorens I'm using XOL HTP1 interconnects, and those are definitely great.
 
Update:
I now bi wire my Maggie MG1.6Qr's - 12Ga. Magnet wire for the low end, and 12 Ga. OFC Sound King for the upper end. Tighter bass, and smoother, warmer top end. Great combo!! FWIW!
Jim
 
Depends on the system: in the big rig, it is almost all Purist Audio Design Dominus and Venustas (TT to pre, CD to pre, pre to amp), Krell Cogelco Black R2R to pre, MIT 330 tuner to pre, Nakamichi Blue cass to pre. Speaker cable is Purist too (tri-wire to B&W 808s - almost 30 years old and still roaring!)

The vintage system: some monster Interlink 4, some MIT 330, some Esoteric Audio that is so old I don't even remember where it came from, and some home-brew solid silver from a recipe posted on Soundstage.com. Still looking for some better speaker wire here. Using Esoteric Audio from SX-1010 to a set of B&W Matrix 1's ($8 for the pair at St Vinnie's)
 
12 gage monster zip cord, 16 gage inwall construction speaker cable, and 16 gage brown lamp cord. I've compared by A/B test with "audiophile" cables, and am happy with feeding my Infinity Quantum II's and III's with cables listed above.
 
I use mostly the cables that are sold on the Steve Hoffman site by Grover Huffman...I bought all of them used though. I think they are excellent, and he uses RCA's that fit the sometimes crowded R and L RCA jacks!
 
Audio Magic

I use the Illusions 4D line of interconnect, speaker wire, digital cable. Have the Audio Magic Extreme series of power cords.

Others that I have enjoyed

TG Audio
Audio Magic Extreme speaker cable
Chord Audio Odessey 2
Alpha Core AG1 speaker wire
various Straighwire offerings

Regards
Mister Pig
 
Wow quite a bit of high end cables for a vintage audio site!

Lowly Belkin Pure AV here
Original Monster 12 ga. gives the best, fat bass and not too much HF energy for my system.
 
For speaker cables I've gone back to using some $0.75 /ft star quad (4x14 gauge) from Ascend Acoustics that I've had lying around since my early HT days. Very flexible for use with various vintage gear - need to connect to some odd terminals? *SNIP* :D

Previous to that I'd tried some MIT Terminator 2's and LAT SS1000 MkIIs. The differences are very subtle, but if anything I prefer the cheapo star quad cable.

For ICs it's a motley mix of whatever I've collected over the past few years and not yet sold. Audioquest Sidewinders, Bogdan Audio silver princess, a few old sets of HGA Silver Lace. In the future, if anything I'll probably get some Blue Jeans cables and sell off the more expensive HGAs (I find their LoK connectors to be TERRIBLE). I'm pretty sure I've never heard a solid difference between interconnects, but that's just my ears :) Would rather spend the money elsewhere in my system.

All stock power cords!
 
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