ray sheldon:
Flatmonkey.......... QED silver anniversary bi-wire? I used this with Arcam cd192, rotel ra03 and kef iq5 for a while. it was too sharp and in my face and i replaced it with Atlas hyper bi-wire and was blown away by the results. Smashed the QED on every level. If you can borrow some from a hi-fi shop, then do so. Excellent cable, killed most of any brightness, beautifuly balanced neutral sound. I sold 2 lots to ebays and they were delighted with it.
Thanks, but I have heard that before...I dont suffer with harsh trebles at all and my speakers have been wired up on other cables at other times (due to moving them around).
I have tried various different cables over the years and theres not the slightest bit of difference in the sound at all - everything ranging from what I have now, to cables costing £1000+. Sorry but I am a bit of a cable non-believer - beyond replacing stock cables with something reasonably thick and well made from OFC. I know someone has done a load of measurements on silver anniversary because of the internet rumours saying its bright and harsh and compared it next to their reference cable and there was no difference - either scientifically (resistance/inducatance/capacitance) or audibly (both by ear and by a frequency sweep). If your cable has nominally zero resistance and low capacitance (as most decent speaker cables do) then there should be absolutely no difference in the sound quality.
Have a read of this thread (bear with it, its a bit long but interesting reading applying to all cables)
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?42569-Silver-Anniversary/page7&highlight=qed+silver
Its a bit like the if one speaker cable is longer than the other argument
I am a big believer in the fact that if you want to hear a difference by swapping a cable, then you will, if you dont, then you wont.
All IMHO - if you want to go and spend £400+ on speaker cables and interconnects, thats great. Your money, your choice, if you think theres a difference, then there must be and thats all that matters.