Canare 4s11 Star Quad Bi Wire Speaker Cables Review

It is popular for bi wiring where separate wires run to each of four speaker terminals two of which drive the high and two of which drive the low frequency elements of the speaker assembly.

Canare 4s11 star quad bi wire speaker cables review.

Star quad design reduces emi noise. Canare 4s11 is a star quad 14 gauge cable with four conductors together in one outer jacket. Canare s special polyethylene dielectric offers low capacitance and low series resistance for improved frequency response over long distance cable runs. Up until recently i had been using speaker cable of comparable cost to the canare 4s11 s in both of these that i had custom ordered on line from a seller with positive feedback and high ratings.

One can make a case that there s more hf loss in star quad due to the design but i ve been told this is only an issue over 200 300 feet or so. I have used a lot of high end cables and canare 4s11 speaker cables are by far the best cable for the money. I just don t think the heavy duty rf shielding makes a difference with high powered speaker cables. It s just that the canare 4s11 speaker cables are better.

This cable is made using canare s popular 4s11 star quad speaker cable stock which contains four 14 awg wires for an effective gauge when conventionally wired of 11 awg in a grey pvc jacket. And indeed these cables are high quality and there is nothing intrinsically wrong with them. Canare 4s11 star quad speaker cable shown here in a 4 meter bi wire configuration terminated with vampire wire hds5 spades front right channel shown canare 4s11 star quad speaker cable gets it s name from the 4 condutor style construction that minimizes the loop area between twists of the conductors. To this cable we weld our custom made weldable banana plugs designed specifically to maximize weld surface area for high weld strength.

Chromaleaf s premium speaker cable is built from canare 4s11 star quad 14 gauge cable japan and hand assembled at our facility in the usa. Speaker cable single 4 conductor speaker cable 4s11 product image. These are awesome speaker cables. Cables connectors video patchbays and panels eo oe systems cable assemblies cable reels tools.

Canare does actually make star quad speaker cable as referenced by the links in my message above.