Canare 4S11 Star Quad cables for speaker

For the money - I don't know how you can go wrong. It works very well.

Lots of people use it, but pretty much ANY plain old copper wire of 16ga or larger is adequate for most situations. If you have longer runs (>30-40ft), then a larger gauge (smaller number) is appropriate.

The question is do you really want to spend extra money or just have something that works?

If you want pretty or a name, I can understand, but if function is more important than form, see the first paragraph.

The starquad geometry of the Canare StarQuad 4S11 conributes to EMI-
RFI reduction, and a resulting quieter background than one would get
using plain copper wire in a non-starquad geometry. Of course, one
could buy plain copper wire, run it through Teflon tubing, and weave it
into a starquad configuration and have essentially the same thing as
Canare 4S11...minus the string insulation and outer jacket, but for $.69/
foot at Markertek.com, the time one saves buying the real thing seems
worthwhile.