Speaker cable for Green Mountain Audio Callisto

Drubin has a good point as does Winegasman. I went with used Cardas speaker cable because that is what I could afford and was the best cable for the money. I would rather put my money in the Callisto, amps, and front end. I have been very happy with my combination and like most of us in the Audio "hobby", would like to experiment with others. I personally spent alot of money once on Audio Magic wire and found it not to my liking, but it may be right for you. Buying used at the right price and being able to experiment and not loose huge amounts of money when you decide to change makes this hobby alot more enjoyable. What have you used in the past?

I love these discussions on cables and their importance. This hobby would be a lot cheaper if they weren't important. You can get good sound without paying attention to them, but most naysayers have no clue where the ceiling is with their current system if they ignore cables as a component. IMHO the Callisto is reference caliber and I found them unbelievably revelaing of cable changes at all levels, in fact more so than any speaker I have ever owned. I went through too many to list, some esoterica and some not nearly so glamorous. I did not try Roy's recommnedation of the Virtual Dynamics however.
The best in my system was Revelation Audio cryo treated silver cable. In fact I am at a point I never thought I would be where all my calbes and IC's are from Revelation. Brad's cables don't seem to follow the rules regarding silver (too much of a good thing). Everytime I dropped one in the noise floor sank and ultimate musicality improved. At the time I purchased them they were half of their current offering but I still think they are a reasonable value. They also have a 30 day trial. Make sure your source components are dialed in to your musical tastes and with top tier cables, the Callistos are capable of amazing performance. BTW I have no realtionship with Revelation, just sharing my experience.

Petland, Sure it's bad to "ignore cables as a component" and have "no clue where the ceiling is with" one's current system. But I would argue that one can raise the ceiling of one's system far higher by taking the $1,500 it costs for an 8' pair of the cables you recommend and investing the bulk of that money into either a serious upgrade of their source or their speakers or, perhaps, even their amplification than can be realized by using $1,500 cables for $2,900 speakers.

That's not to say that cables make NO difference. I only suggested to the thread-intiator that his cable spending be proportional to his investment in his speakers. I do not think that 50% of speaker cost for cables is a good proportion.

IMHO, I agree with several of the above suggestions to spend much more on the speaker and much less on the cables (10:1 ratio, Speaker to Cable, is probably more than generous enough for the cable, especially if they are driven by an SS amp). After all, the speaker makes the sound and usually most of the coloration and distortion comes from the speaker.

I also agree with the comment about the amplifier being critical; a cable when coupled to an amplifier with a high output impedance will result in the amp-cable-speaker circuit to behave like a filter with a variable response as a function of frequency...then the cables will have a much more marked effect on the sound.