B&W Speakers wire

[buuthanh]

Hi,
I have 805s for my front speakers and I plan to buy SCMS for the Rear.
What speaker wire would you recommend? I heard good thing about the Kimber 8TC but do not know much about Kimber and how well they go with B&Ws. Also, I am thinking about bi-wiring the speakers but do not know if it's worth it.
Your feedback is appreciated.
Thanks.

[Russ L]

Welcome to the HT Guide Forum :T

I tried the Kimber 8TC with my B&Ws and found the sound very forward and harsh. The cables were removed immediately. Cables in similar price range that are excellent are the Tara Labs RSC Prime 1000 biwire.

Biwiring seems to provide a bit more openness in the highs and mids. But I wouldn't buy an extra set of speaker cables to do it. Just use an internal biwire cable like the Prime 1000.

[artv4]

i personally use straightwire rhapsody s cable. really opened up my soundstage including on the mid and high! internal biwire

[buuthanh]

Russ and Artv4,
Thanks!

[Alpha231]

Cardas Audio is a good choice as well, really depends on the sound you are looking for. I'm running Cardas Neutral Reference single bi-wire, and Cardas NR in XLR from my CAP-2100 to my CDP-102 as well. As the name dictates, it is a very neutral cable...

[Alex999]

Transparent Music Wave

[wkhanna]

I have heard the 6 and 7 series on my home system using my Mapleshade Golden Helix cables. They sounded V neutral to my ears. Same basic principal as Anti Wires. IMHO, both are hard to beat for the price.

[Miyuki]

I use mostly AudioQuest for my 803D,HTM2D,N803s and I am very happy with the performance I get out from those.

Speaker cables
H/L Fronts and Center : AudioQuest Gibraltar2
Rears: Kimber 4VS

Interconnects
AudioQuest KingCobra2 for all 5 speakers

[Relentless]

Cardas Audio is a good choice as well, really depends on the sound you are looking for. I'm running Cardas Neutral Reference single bi-wire, and Cardas NR in XLR from my CAP-2100 to my CDP-102 as well. As the name dictates, it is a very neutral cable...

I am running Cardas Golden Reference bi-wire speaker cables, I recomend thoes as well. If you want to audition a bunch of cables you can always do the Cable Company thing.

[Russ L]

It takes about 20 hrs to break in cables so demo used ones. Thats what I like about the Cable Co. is you can demo broken in cables.

[joetama]

i personally use straightwire rhapsody s cable. really opened up my soundstage including on the mid and high! internal biwire

I use the Rhapsody cables on my 703 and love them.

I did however change out the spade ends with some rather nice Locking Banana Plugs. I like them better now...

[beden1]

I use the Rhapsody cables on my 703 and love them.

I did however change out the spade ends with some rather nice Locking Banana Plugs. I like them better now...

I'm glad to see they worked out for you. I think they work great!

[joetama]

I'm glad to see they worked out for you. I think they work great!

I'm amazed by the quality of those banana connectors.

[Miyuki]

I'm amazed by the quality of those banana connectors.

Great!

Spades are getting on my nerves as they fall off so easily. Thus, I might change my speaker cable terminators to bananas too.

[wgriel]

I'm amazed by the quality of those banana connectors.

I may have missed it, but where did you get the bananas from? I'm looking for some good connectors at the moment.

[Miyuki]

last step in my upgrade is to get audio grade power supplies. Any ideas!??!

Picture with current power supply -- cant be lower grade than this
...I hate those spades :M

Still, have the less expensive Kimber 4VS for my rear speakers! Those have 6 years of burn in and sound actually really good. When I move to a new apartment, I will probably upgrade those rear cables to Kimber 4CT.

Analog Audio
Fronts and Center speakers: AudioQuest Gibraltar2
Rear speakers: Kimber 4VS
Fronts, Center, Rears interconnects: AudioQuest KingCobra2

Digital Audio
PS3---[HDMI 1.3x]---> Receiver
Media receiver ---[OPT] ---> Receiver
Computer ---[OPT]---> Receiver

Digital Video
Computer ---[HDMI 1.3x]---> Receiver
PS3 ---[HDMI 1.3x]---> Receiver
Receiver ---[HDMI 1.3x] ---> Media receiver




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[Briz vegas]

Can you audition gear where you are?

Power cables are like anything in this hobby, you need to try a few for yourself in your system before making a decision. You will get lots of different opinions here and elsewhere. I use 3 Nordost Vishnu myself, but don't take my word for it as they are not cheap. Its been 12 months since I got my first one and I am very happy with what they do in a very revealing system

oooops. You said power supplies not power cables. My wrong. SKIMMING AGAIN

[beden1]

I may have missed it, but where did you get the bananas from? I'm looking for some good connectors at the moment.

Here's the link. Scroll down to the "Locking Banana Plugs" ... there is no picture shown.

No promotion of web brands here please... Admins.

[kking168]

Anybody have experience with Zebra cables?

[wgriel]

Thanks!

looks pretty affordable, too.

[artv4]

I use the Rhapsody cables on my 703 and love them.

I did however change out the spade ends with some rather nice Locking Banana Plugs. I like them better now...

locking banana is so much easier to use!!!!

[Lex]

Ok, as mentioned previously, threads with the intent of discussing every cable under the sun are not authorized at HTG. While CAT is sidelines at present, cable discussion policies have not changed. CAT may well be back in the fold soon enough, keep that in mind, and no cross promotion of other web branded products please-

[wkhanna]

CAT may well be back in the fold soon enough

arty:

Good! I need more Cats :T

[Russ L]

last step in my upgrade is to get audio grade power supplies. Any ideas!??!

Rotel and Shunyata make power conditioners worth looking into. If you want surge protection as well then the Rotel RLC-1040 might be the answer but make sure it has the power capacity for your setup. I don't know how much current that 60" Pioneer Kuro draws!

[beden1]

Here's the link. Scroll down to the "Locking Banana Plugs" ... there is no picture shown.

No promotion of web brands here please... Admins.

Sorry, but I didn't realize that you ever sold "Locking Banana Plugs".

[joetama]

I may have missed it, but where did you get the bananas from? I'm looking for some good connectors at the moment.

PM me and I'll tell you.