Best speaker cables for longer runs

Second the Canare 4S11 note.

…and another one.

With runs of 30-40ft in my main HT setup driving the Silverline SR15s (92db, 8ohms), bi wire is quite good... suplanting them with a pr of Canton two ways (87db 8ohms)I had to lose the bi wire approach and connect them up double stranded instead.

I also use a pr of Synergistic Research Sig 10 - x2 active bi wire cables as my main speaker cables with a variety of amps and speaker conbinations... primarily though with Silverline sonata IIIs 92db at <8, Odyssey Stratos Plus 180w, Butler TDB5150 150w x 5, Dodd mono blocks 120w BAT VK60 60w, Rotel 1080 200w.

The SR speaker cables are decidedly better than the Canare… BUT Canare comes in around a buck or so a ft. the SR Sig 10s new were around $80 per ft. I got mine for under $600 @ 21 ft.

Canare’s using two strands per terminal are a warmish sounding cable… going bi wired, using a strand per terminal, they become less hearty and not warmish at all.

The SR Sig 10s are about as neutral as I’ve found while still possessing body, openness and balance that delivers fine imaging, bottom end and a very musical presentation without spotlighting, or obscuring detail. And all is conveyed with refinement and a very very low noise floor… w/SS or HS.

I will run Bi wire. Looking at the anti cable, if you run a 20' run biwire it's not actually so cheap. Although possibly still a bargain.

Anyone have any opinion on MIT for this purpose?

Steveaudio, it is certainly true there is a big depreciation it with cable. Isn't that why we hang out at audiogon?

Can you imagine what a 20' run of bi-wire Anti-Cable would look like? Have you ever tried to straighten a coat hanger? Now imagine that 10 times longer and side by side.

Tvad,

I once had a certified NSF technician come to my house to calibrate my rear projection HDTV. He was not an "audio guy". He looked at my anti-cable speaker cable and asked me if it was some sort of modern art, before I told him that those red wires sticking up in the air were speaker cables. After he stared at me for a second, he shrugged his shoulders and went to work. 20 feet of red wire! I gotta see this!

Transparent or M.I.T.