Speaker cables: pricey VS cheap

[Indydan]

I have gotten off the exotic cable train these last few months. I find them to have severe diminishing returns and most of the time do nothing more.
When I bought my Wiim amp ultra, I was in a hurry and the salesman offered me Audioquest Rocket 22 speaker cables at half price. I bought them. The retail price of the AQ Rocket 22 is more than the Wiim amp ultra!

Everything sounds great! But, I was wondering if I should sell the AQ Rocket 22 to recoup some money, and buy Amazon speaker cables in the 25-35$ range.

Would I be losing anything in sound quality? I am well aware that cable threads can degenerate and cause chaos


Nonetheless, I am curious to hear opinions and advice.

 

[Aquaman]

I have gotten off the exotic cable train these last few months. I find them to have severe diminishing returns and most of the time do nothing more.
When I bought my Wiim amp ultra, I was in a hurry and the salesman offered me Audioquest Rocket 22 speaker cables at half price. I bought them. The retail price of the AQ Rocket 22 is more than the Wiim amp ultra!

Everything sounds great! But, I was wondering if I should sell the AQ Rocket 22 to recoup some money, and buy Amazon speaker cables in the 25-35$ range.

Would I be losing anything in sound quality? I am well aware that cable threads can degenerate and cause chaos


Nonetheless, I am curious to hear opinions and advice.

Basic 2.5mm2 (14 AWG) copper speaker cable is all it takes. Just make sure they are copper, not coated aluminum. I think the call that CCA ( copper coated aluminim).

 

[Indydan]

Basic 2.5mm2 (14 AWG) copper speaker cable is all it takes. Just make sure they are copper, not coated aluminum. I think the call that CCA ( copper coated aluminim).

Thank you. I was looking at a set of Amazon 14AWG oxygen free copper, with banana plugs. They are about 30$ Canadian dollars.

 

[Aquaman]

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Thank you. I was looking at a set of Amazon 14AWG oxygen free copper, with banana plugs. They are about 30$ Canadian dollars.

Depending on the length that‘s a decent price including the bananas.
You can always have it cheaper buying the cable by the meter and adding your own bananas. But at this price I wouldn‘t look to the penny and take the convenience.

 

[Indydan]

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Depending on the length that‘s a decent price including the bananas.
You can always have it cheaper buying the cable by the meter and adding your own bananas. But at this price I wouldn‘t look to the penny and take the convenience.

They are 13 feet long. Agreed, I will just buy them.

 

[d6jg]

Hang on. The audiofool brigade haven’t commented yet!

 

[slartibartfast]

My speaker cables are old enough to not be OFC

 

[harkpabst]

My speaker cables are old enough to not be OFC

They probably sweat out the oxygen by now.

 

[Mr Ee]

They are 13 feet long. Agreed, I will just buy them.

Looking forward to the double blind comparison writeup!

 

[d6jg]

I’m looking forward to the Audiophile measurements.

Are they 13 feet or actually 12ft 11inches or worse 13ft 1inch?

 

[mlsstl]

Another option is Blue Jeans Cable (direct and Amazon) which sells good quality Belden cable. They will cut to length and also attach your preferred connections -- for example you could have bare wire at one end and banana plugs at the other. Prices are quite reasonable. I've never bought the sales pitch for expensive cables.

 

[Fletcher Munson]

I use this van damme cable for all speaker runs

268-545-060 Van Damme Blue Series Studio Grade 2 x 4.00 mm2 twin-axial