What kind of speaker cables for RTiA9's

Sci-fi Polk Guy
Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
edited March 2011 in Speakers
Greetings!!

I'm new to this forum, but I've been a fan of Polk Audio speakers since the early 80's.

I am doing research for a HT system that I will be purchasing. Part of that system will be a pair of RTiA9's and an Emotiva XPA-2 to drive them. I'm having a little trouble deciding on speaker cables. I've considered everything from Vampire Wire to Kimber Kable 8TC. I'd really appreciate any help from you guys, especially those of you who have the setup that I plan on purchasing. Thanks.
Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
Paradigm CC 450 center, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
Polk Audio RTi6 surrounds
Paradigm SE sub
Sony BDP S5100 blu-ray player
Panasonic 50" plasma
Yamaha RX A1000 receiver
Parasound HCA 1205A amp
Audioquest Evergreen IC's
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2011
    It all depends on your budget. With my RTIa9's I ran MIT AVT s3's and they sounded great together. A 8ft pair runs about $200 from JOE.

    Welcome !!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited March 2011
    Good ones.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • slammin86
    slammin86 Posts: 238
    edited March 2011
    Have you thought about making your own?
    Receiver: ONKYO 709
    Amplifier: Acurus A200x3
    Front: EmpTek E55Ti
    Center: EmpTek E56Ci
    Surround: EmpTek E5Bi
    Sub: Elemental Designs A5-350
    TV: LG 55"
    Blu-Ray: PS3
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,344
    edited March 2011
    AudioQuest Cables and Polk Audio go very well together.
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited March 2011
    I am using Audioquest FLX 14/4 CL2 wire and like it pretty good.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited March 2011
    I like the kind that has banana plugs on either side of the piece of wire.

    Two Channel Setup:

    Speakers: Wharfedale Opus 2-3
    Integrated Amp: Krell S-300i
    DAC: Arcam irDac
    Source: iMac
    Remote Control: iPad Mini

    3.2 Home Theater Setup:

    Fronts: Klipsch RP-160M
    Center: Klipsch RP-160M
    Subwoofer: SVS PB12NSD (X 2)
    AVR: Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030
    Blu Ray: Sony BDP-S790
    TV Source: DirecTV Genie
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,064
    edited March 2011
    Audioquest Indigo cables used in my system.
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited March 2011
    I picked up some Audioquest Type 4 speaker cables from a member on here and they work very nice with my RTiA9's.
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  • dnoyeB
    dnoyeB Posts: 114
    edited March 2011
    Its interesting that people will spend this kind of money on wire. Its just wire. Its inside your house not exposed to the elements. Why bother?

    Get some off a roll at home depot. Unless its going to be seen, then I understand having something that looks nice. Or if its going to be moved a lot, then I get having special plugs. Otherwise, just make sure you have a large enough gauge for the length of your run.
    Music
    LR: Polk Monitor 70 (willing to sell if interested)
    C: Cerwin Vega E-75C
    Sub: HSU VTF-2 MK3
    AVR: Sony STR-DE835
    AMP:

    HT
    5.1: Paradigm CT110
    AVR: Integra DTR-4.6
    WTB: RTiA9 or RTi12
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited March 2011
    dnoyeB wrote: »
    Its interesting that people will spend this kind of money on wire. Its just wire. Its inside your house not exposed to the elements. Why bother?

    Get some off a roll at home depot. Unless its going to be seen, then I understand having something that looks nice. Or if its going to be moved a lot, then I get having special plugs. Otherwise, just make sure you have a large enough gauge for the length of your run.

    The internal construction has little to do with being "exposed to the elements".

    There are many theories on how cable construction affects analog signals, especially AC signals. But I'll let others chime in on that. I made some 14/4 solid core cable myself from Home Depot. It was a good project, sounds great, but nothing special. It sure as hell was hard to run since it's solid core and 4 strands of it in each wire.
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited March 2011
    dnoyeB wrote: »
    Its interesting that people will spend this kind of money on wire. Its just wire. Its inside your house not exposed to the elements. Why bother?

    Get some off a roll at home depot. Unless its going to be seen, then I understand having something that looks nice. Or if its going to be moved a lot, then I get having special plugs. Otherwise, just make sure you have a large enough gauge for the length of your run.

    If I have to explain you won't understand
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited March 2011
    dnoyeB wrote: »
    Its interesting that people will spend this kind of money on wire. Its just wire. Its inside your house not exposed to the elements. Why bother?

    Get some off a roll at home depot. Unless its going to be seen, then I understand having something that looks nice. Or if its going to be moved a lot, then I get having special plugs. Otherwise, just make sure you have a large enough gauge for the length of your run.

    Why bother posting something about recommendations when you haven't done any trials yourself?

    To the OP.

    Cardas, Signal Cable, Audioquest, MIT, Nordost, bluejeans etc etc are all good. Personally just get something that you can afford with your budget and if you wonder if anything else will make a difference down the road try something else out. I would say for the A9's some good stuff to use will be the Signal Cable. Made in the US and for good prices, and very good quality.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,019
    edited March 2011
    thsmith wrote: »
    If I have to explain you won't understand

    Bingo !! LOL!!
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited March 2011
    Loud & Clear wrote: »
    I like the kind that has banana plugs on either side of the piece of wire.

    Just an FYI, you can either buy it with those on them or just add them yourself (which is what I did)

    Here is a nice big thread on another forum that shows you how to do it. So you could get whatever wire you want in your budget and whatever banana plugs you want and DIY so its just what you want.

    Or you could buy it totally put together yourself. Either way you should be happy
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
    edited March 2011
    Thaks to everybody who responded to my thread. I really appreciate it.
    Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Paradigm CC 450 center, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Polk Audio RTi6 surrounds
    Paradigm SE sub
    Sony BDP S5100 blu-ray player
    Panasonic 50" plasma
    Yamaha RX A1000 receiver
    Parasound HCA 1205A amp
    Audioquest Evergreen IC's
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  • Gulfstrings
    Gulfstrings Posts: 313
    edited March 2011
    S-f PG,

    Welcome, and as one Floridian to another ... duck and cover! The warmly contested wire debate is about to reignite.

    You didn't do anything wrong ... moderators should mark "Flammable" on all like titles :)

    As a relative noob here myself I have no greeter status, but learned early there is both tons of great, shared info here - from folks who know and have loads of experience, as well as a couple "hot button" topics with valid support from either (all?) sides. And the great wire debate can be like watchin a couple heavyweights go at it.

    Sit back and enjoy or, for even more fun, do a related search. Try "lamp cord" just for fun!

    I'd make popcorn first ...
    Marantz AV7005
    Marantz MM7055
    Onkyo DX-755 CdP
    Oppo BDP-93
    Technics SL-1301/Shure M97xE
    Polk RTi A7s
    Polk CSi A6
    Polk FXi A6s
    Velodyne VDR10-BV
    Panamax M5100-PM
    Antec VERIS A/V Cooler x 2
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  • dnoyeB
    dnoyeB Posts: 114
    edited March 2011
    thsmith wrote: »
    If I have to explain you won't understand

    Haha, well...

    I've been an electrical engineer for over 20 years. Several of those working in wiring. If it doesn't have science behind it, Your right, I won't get it.

    There are only two properties of wire that matter. Resistance, and impedance. If you aren't changing those, what are you doing?
    Music
    LR: Polk Monitor 70 (willing to sell if interested)
    C: Cerwin Vega E-75C
    Sub: HSU VTF-2 MK3
    AVR: Sony STR-DE835
    AMP:

    HT
    5.1: Paradigm CT110
    AVR: Integra DTR-4.6
    WTB: RTiA9 or RTi12
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    dnoyeB wrote: »
    Haha, well...

    I've been an electrical engineer for over 20 years. Several of those working in wiring. If it doesn't have science behind it, Your right, I won't get it.

    There are only two properties of wire that matter. Resistance, and impedance. If you aren't changing those, what are you doing?

    There is a lot more to it than that. We are passing more than just volts and amps across that wire. I had my head up my **** for a while too, but then I opened my mind and actually tried different cables. Maybe if you posted your location you could find someone near you to give you a demonstration. Thanks for sharing your vast cable experiences with us.
    Ben

    BTW I doubt you are an EE, or a good one. Most would have listed inductance, capacitance, and resistance...
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
    edited March 2011
    Whoa, guys!! I didn't intend to cause a cyberwar!! (BTW I apologize for misspelling "Thanks" in my original reply.)

    Believe me, I've been around long enough to see some wild and crazy stuff in audio. How many of you out there remember the people who put their turntables on cinder blocks? How about those guys who bought turntables with 50 lb. platters? How about the green markers that were used to make a ring around the circumference of a CD?

    I just was looking for a good quality set of cables. I by no means have to have a set of cables that cost a king's ransom. After reading the replies, I am leaning toward the Signal Cables Ultras.

    Again,thanks for the help.
    Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Paradigm CC 450 center, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Polk Audio RTi6 surrounds
    Paradigm SE sub
    Sony BDP S5100 blu-ray player
    Panasonic 50" plasma
    Yamaha RX A1000 receiver
    Parasound HCA 1205A amp
    Audioquest Evergreen IC's
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    Signal is good. Also I like Canare S411 bulk and add my own terminations. People that don't think that cables make a difference almost always think that we are saying you need to spend uber $ to get good SQ. Heavy turn tables do make a difference.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,344
    edited March 2011
    dnoyeB wrote: »
    Why bother?



    Exactly!!!!!:rolleyes:
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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