Annabel Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hi, can anyone please help me? I have bought some Heresy II's and want some advice on which speaker cable to buy? I have an Audio Institute VR70E valve amp. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 lamp cord from your local hardware store works good. if it's going to be very long runs, get the thicker stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023901&p_id=2747&seq=1&format=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ69 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 AudioQuest Type 2, it's 3 bucks a foot or as the guys here call it, wildly expensive snake oil cable, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGardens Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I second Speakerfritz on this. I use brown 16-gauge lamp cord for most everything I do, internal cabinet wiring to home theater and stereo. It seems to not look dirty over time and blends better with wood... or just paint it as needed. For my sets of Heresy I and II's I just use a pair of equal length cables put banana plugs on one end and cheap spade connectors on the other. Here is a scientific article on why plain lamp wire is just as good if not better than high-dollar cables: http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm However if you absoultely need real speaker cable to not be made fun of your friends,Monoprice is the cheapest around for cable, so are thier banana plugs, and any other parts they sell (nice place). I haven't been let down by any of thier products so far... they only sell high quality Chinese Junk! A really cool product for a custom look with pretty decor and in-wall/ceiling installations is this cable: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023902&p_id=2821&seq=1&format=2 So for the Heresies I would use lamp wire and invest the left over money on a nice subwoofer or two and a good pre-amp with multiple audio outs to make it all work. Keep in mind the Heresy is 2/3rds Klipsch horn... and you are really just substituting the efficient folded horn with a much less efficient form of bass... that is adjustible and can be moved around in the room. Many consider the Heresy/Subwoofer combo to not only be a good bang-for-the-buck, but the best sounding system they own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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