Looking for really fine cables at really low price

Not only the above, but NOS WE speaker cables costing over $3,000.

They're way ahead of us.

Would todays tin/copper cables have the same affect as the Western Electric style cables?

John421, all copper cables would be more conductive, especially if the ends are not soldered on.

John421, if you go with something like I have (Supra 3.4W speaker cables), make sure you give them a good 100 hours to break in. Mine were great at 20, even better at 50 and so much better at 100. This applies to all cables (IMHO).

I saw an ad here recently for a pair of Supra 3.4S with only 50 hours on them and if the seller only knew what was in store for him, he would have kept them and then decided if he wanted to keep them or not.

From what I gather here on this thread, it's the formulae of tinned copper stranded wire that works so well, regardless of whether it's NOS or some current brand. As long as it's high quality copper, it shouldn't matter. The technical differences will arise in strand count, gauge, and amp to speaker pairing (that's another whole can of worms). :-)

All the best,
Nonoise