Oh, boy! Religious arguments about speaker cables abound. Well, I'm an atheist when it comes to such arguments. Lots of exotic, very expensive, options to worship. Me, as a cheapskate, just give me generic, but quality cabling, no supernatural needed.
One day in Home Depot I saw a roll of bulk speaker cable, branded Monster Cable, 14 gauge (might even be 12 gauge, not labeled on the insulation). About $1.00 a foot, or somewhere in that range. So I bought about 40 feet and created my own speaker cables. Cheap, thick, flexible... perfect! Capable of handling lots of amp power with no audio additives. Worth checking out your local home improvement center.
I can't believe all those expensive, exotic cables really sound any better unless maybe you have $1M invested in gear, but even then... By the way, according to my copper mining engineer friend, all copper is essentially 5 Nines pure, so ignore the vendor hype.
I have bought really nice and reasonably priced cables from SVS. Blue Jean cables are also a good source. Maybe even Monoprice.
Connectors are another story. I use banana plugs since I like to switch between amps or speakers easily. As long as there's a tight fit, all is good. Lots of good quality options are found on Amazon. 14 gauge means a little work to get thing together, but not that difficult. Crimping would be best, but crimp type banana plugs are hard to find. If you use screw tightening connectors, just remember to retighten periodically. Maybe I should investigate using lock washers.
Note that due to some sort of European Union regulations, many years ago the spacing between speaker terminals changed, so dual banana jacks can't be used, unless you have old speakers.
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