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Mogami 3104 or Canare 4S11.

Mains cable. The solid-core stuff they put in the walls, although twisted is fine too.

Oh wait. 4-conductor! 2 + 2 --- and do something esoteric and audiophile with the earth!

(Or just.... don't use it)

And don't forget the miniature pylons!

@zonto I like the price of that canare better. $1/ft vs $5/ft makes a big difference with 20 ft of wire.

At Lowe's yesterday i saw some 4-conductor bulk cable. I think it's meant for 240v appliances but should work fine for speakers

Mono price sells some 16ga 4-conductor speaker wire

Any recommendations on nice banana plugs

I've only used Cardas CAB (which the springs failed in) and now these Multicontact LS4 sawtooth style plugs: https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/850-multi-contact-ls4-banana-plug-cryo-treated. The LS4 are gold plated copper vs. the typical brass, low-mass, and fit very snugly in both my speaker and amp binding posts. I really like them.

How do those ones work, I'm kind of confused, they just look like straight things.

Solder speaker wire to them, heat shrink, and then just plug them in the binding post. The diameter of the circle with the "teeth" apart is larger than the typical binding post, so when you insert them it makes contact with the entire inside of the post as the teeth compress together.

Blue Jeans Cable can also put together a set for you with the Canare and hypersonically weld to their GLS locking banana plugs.

I looked into blue jeans, but it doesn't look like I can get the speakon on the other side.