Speaker Cables

[Craig1512]

Anyone tried Audioquest OAK or REDWOOD speaker cables (from their Tree series) in their system ?

Hi audio_engr, you seem to have a love of Audioquest cables similar to me! I would probably have Audioquest power cables if they made them with an Australian plug! I have the OAK single from my 440pro to B&W 802 D2s, I did compare with other speaker cables when I demo'ed for my 400 purchase (later upgraded to 440pro) including REDWOOD. The in store demo was done with B&W 800's BTW?. I preferred the Oak, because they sounded more natural to me, I guess that's why I am a fan of Audioquest cables, they are well constructed, look good and most importantly they convey the sound signal honestly and naturally, they don't add or subtract anything from output to input of components and speakers. This of course is just my opinion and how they sound to my ears with the limited comparisons I did at the store. I haven't done any intensive listening or A B comparisons with other speaker cables In my setup in my room. My setup sounds fantastic, I just enjoy listening to my music without thinking wether it could or would sound better with different cables. I did a bit of googling on your current speaker cables, they seem to get good reviews. I am not sure what length speaker cables you would need, but the OAK is not cheap. I'm interested wether you have considered the upgrade from 400 to 440pro, this was a huge improvement in SQ in my setup. I would suspect the cost of OAK cables would be similar to the cost to upgrade (at least that would be the case here in Aust) maybe upgrade to 440pro is worth considering ahead of speaker cable upgrade. that is of course if and when Devialet resume the upgrade program. Anyway, hopefully something for you to think about, love your set up BTW, always enjoy reading your posts with your setup being similar to mine. Craig