New Speaker Wires Again, Bi-Wiring, Audioquest CV-4s and Bedrocks
Here is my setup, Paradigm Monitor 9s, Yamaha 4600, Audioquest CV-4 and Bedrock. I had posted my thoughts when I had purchased the Audioquest CV-4, quick reminder it was better than normal speaker wire but worth 150$.....better but maybe not worth it. Now I have just purchased a pair of Audioquest Bedrock speaker cables. Thus, I found them to be marginally better than the CV-4s...not much better... I also tried bi-wiring them with the lows done by the Bedrocks and the highs done by the CV-4s, no real difference over the Bedrocks and a slightly better sound than the CV-4s. Thus, to conclude I have spent about 300$ Canadian on both used speaker cables and can conclude that bi-wiring did nothing and that the Audioquest Bedrocks are better than the CV-4s and hence if I were to purchase again I would simply purchase a used pair of Bedrocks. Hope this helps out anyone looking to purchase speaker cables.
you're not the first one....
...to jump through hoops to try and milk the best possible sound from your system. I have traveled your road. I currently have bedrocks in my system after evaluating about 40 pounds of copper wire in various configurations. I decided that I needed to put away the trigger finger and concentrate on the beautiful music I hear everyday and be satsified with it. Its starting to work. As an engineer I decided that any improvments in cables from this point on are going to be things I can experiment with cheaply myself with materials I can scrounge up at work.. Its fun to experiment, but its not fun to spend 350 to 500 on speaker cables and feel guilty and unsatisfied. Spend it on the music for a while and good luck. dk