Speaker Cables

anti-cables are no brainers..
Larry

Good, all you guys that like the Anti Cables can buy mine, just send Email. Will give good deal. For me, they were an Anti Climax.

There was a specific speaker cable made for the Apogee line...it was OCOS. I had it on my Stages and it was wonderful. I don't think it's made any longer, but it does show up on AudioGon every so often.

You could also try Mapleshade. That's what I'm running on my Martin Logan CLSIIA'a and really like it.

Sorry, I should have researched first. The SYMO cable was the cable of choice for the Apogees, not the OCOS.

I currently have anti-cables myself and agree that they are pretty good. Unfortunately, I would respectfully say that the Carver amp is your main issue. It is a reasonably dull/boring sounding amp that was made to emulate the sound of a tube amp and IMO did not succeed. I owned one for many years and used it primarily to drive my passive subs. You can try some inexpensive speaker cables as mentioned, but if you want to experience a significant difference, I suggest something like an Odyssey (w/extreme upgrade) amp or a McCormack DNA-1 as a starting point to drive your Apogees.