Speaker cables comparison chart:: Much Needed

Surveying what's out there and making a paper value judgement is an impossible task in my opinion. there are way too many manufacturers, with different models and geometries, and each audio system will be somewhat different.

Dive in and try a few speaker cables in your system and that experience will steer you on.

In my opinion and experience with cables, there are many out there that will satisfy you.

You will also likely develop subjective attachment or affection to one or more brands as you try a few. That will help to keep your sanity, and is a good thing overall.

I have also found then that continuing your quest, after reaching satisfaction and listening enjoyment, will promote development of nervosa, dissatisfaction and rapid cable swapping; not at all a good thing.

First, anyone's opinion is subject to their peculiarites, and system.
So no matter what, no systematic evaulation of speaker cables would ever do anyone any good, unless you happened to be the evaluators twin, and owned the same stuff.

All the generalizations about which one is best.. you can get a vague idea of what stuff sounds like out there. But one has to be willing to bother finding it and reading it all to even start getting an idea of what is what.
We all want a magic fix so we have the best, perfect sounding system at a low price.
that fantasy does not exist in the real world.

Finally, since the differences in cables is pretty small, chasing after the 'Holy Grail' of speaker calbes is basically folly.
You should just buy some local cable from a dealer in HI and don't worry, be happy.
And since this is not the answer you wanted to read.. Also do not bother to recognize any of what i wrote, and continue on you quest for the perfect speaker cable. Eventually you will find the right cable for your amp/speakers.. problem is as soon as you find it, you will go out and buy NEW SPEAKERS, or a new amp.. and have to start all over again.

I use Kimber 8TC only because it was well regarded by many writers.. That is good enough, and it sounds good. I have my grail and can eat it too. because i do not need perfection, just really good.

I guess that means i am not a 'real audiophile'.

As Elizabeth says..... This is the quest of Don Quixote. There is no "bible" of speaker wire. There can never be. You will never find the perfect cable because you will always wish for something "better" and others experience will not translate into your experience. I don't know your system, but, short of a $100,000 system, I don't you believe will know the difference. That said, go for low resistance (big gauge) and pure copper (with or without silver coating) and it will be fine. I have gone to Kimber Kable 8PR (naked ends) and Morrow SP-1 on the top and I'm happy. Please don't fret too much. Life is too short to be overly concerned about speaker wire. And, like Elizabeth, I am not an Audiophile.