I myself do the same with my search for a high quality speaker wire, but at a reasonable price. I start with a one foot pair of the top of the line MG Audio Design's speaker wires. Although they have listed a 6 foot pair of them for $4800, they will sell the public a one foot pair for, again, only $900. These are the very sam spesker wires that Arnie Nudell and Paul McGowen use for their own mono amplifiers. Anyway, I attach them to my speakers. Between the MG Audio Design wires and my amplifier I use 18 gage Jenna Lab's own hook up wires. They go for $6 a foot. I began with one Jenna Lab hook up wire attached to each of the MG Audio Design speaker wires. Through experimentation, I now am using 3 of the 18 gage Jenna Lab's 18 gage hook up wires to each MG Audio esign's wires. That is 12 Jenna Lab'shook up wires total. I myself needed long runs of speaker wires as my audio gear sits right next to my chair to my right. Anyway, I am using 18 foot lengts of the jenna Lab's wires for my left speaker-that's 6 individual 18 foot length's of them. for my right speker I am using 6, 10 foot length's of them. The total cost comes to $1915 for the equilivant of a 14.5 foot pair of speaker wires. The end result is basically the equilivant of a 14.5 pair of the top of the line MG Audio Drsign speaker wires. I really works. I discovered this originally when I had a one foot pair of Shunyata's own top of the line speaker wires and some runs of the Jenna Lab's 18 gage hook up wires. I could easily demonstrate this speaker wire combination to anyone interested. I believe that all I would need to do is to play either my Day/Sequerrs FM Studio Tuner or one of my McIntosh MR74 FM tuners to demonstrate my wire solution. That's all I would need. Of course with my Oppo 105 or Thorens TD125-Rabco combo it would even be more apparent. Anyway, anyway interested has the information for free.
A Different Solution for Cables
In the past, I have contributed to topics on the forum about building your own cables and tweaking cables. I would like to revisit another cable theme that I have talked about in the past, one that has not received much interest since it is on the fringe. The subject is series cabling. By this I mean piggy-backing cables -- 2 cables only -- to improve SQ.
I started experimenting with series cabling by chance, frustrated after successive purchases from well-known companies fell short of anticipated results. The most common shortcoming was thin sound with deficient harmonics.
I ended up experimenting over a period of years, mainly with PCs and interconnects in series. I have come up with improved SQ -- not subtle --- by trial and error. My most recent success came as a total surprise -- using interconnects in series from BSG QOL to Lyngdorf RP-1 before the pre-amp. I know that some audiophiles insist that making the signal path unnecessarily longer has to degrade SQ. The truth is that the contrary has often been the case with my system. The latest results are quite stunning. There must be a scientific explanation for this but I am not the kind who worries much about theories. I am more interested in the music. As long as the sound improves I am happy.
You might want to try experimenting with this if you have some spare PCs or interconnects in the audio closet. You may be pleasantly surprised at the results. Have any others out there done something similar that they would like to share while risking a few slings and arrows on the forum?
I ended up experimenting over a period of years, mainly with PCs and interconnects in series. I have come up with improved SQ -- not subtle --- by trial and error. My most recent success came as a total surprise -- using interconnects in series from BSG QOL to Lyngdorf RP-1 before the pre-amp. I know that some audiophiles insist that making the signal path unnecessarily longer has to degrade SQ. The truth is that the contrary has often been the case with my system. The latest results are quite stunning. There must be a scientific explanation for this but I am not the kind who worries much about theories. I am more interested in the music. As long as the sound improves I am happy.
You might want to try experimenting with this if you have some spare PCs or interconnects in the audio closet. You may be pleasantly surprised at the results. Have any others out there done something similar that they would like to share while risking a few slings and arrows on the forum?