With all the advancements in materials and construction, there are good wires available at a wide range of prices. We receive at least one call a day asking what wire to use with Vandersteen speakers. Often the callers want to know what wires were used in designing the speakers or what the internal wires are.

Actually, neither the design wire nor the internal wire has any bearing on choosing the wire that is best for your system. During design, we connect the loudspeakers with a resistively loaded bus bar that can be set to simulate different wire lengths without contributing any inherent sonic character of its own to the sound. None of the internal wires in a Vandersteen speaker carry a full-range signal, so they are each individually engineered as part of a tuned-loop with the driver and crossover they connect. The woofer, midrange, and tweeter each use different wires selected for their characteristics coupling the particular driver to the crossover. If any of the wires were changed, the relationship between the crossover and the driver that wire connected would have to be adjusted.

There is a best wire for your system. It is the wire with the sonic characteristics that work best with your electronics, your speakers. your listening room, and your personal listening tastes. Change any of the four determining factors, and the best wire may also change.

This is why it would be irresponsible for us to suggest a wire to use. We know the speakers and might know the electronics, but there is no way we can experience your room or adequately understand your personal listening tastes to make a valid recommendation.

What we can recommend, is that you work with your local dealer to find the best wire for your system. Start with a base wire, then borrow different wires and evaluate them with your music, in your own system, in your own room. You don't have to try every wire, just enough to find one that works well in your system.