High-quality speaker cable

Before he founded Tributaries in 1991, owner Joe Perfito spent 15 years working for McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. Back then, he says, the concept of designing cables based on sound scientific principles was considered extremely radical. That became his company's mission, though, and it continues to produce speaker cables designed to curtail distortion, deliver reliable tonal balance, and reduce the noise floor to near zero to bring your music to life with rich detail.

Advanced multi-gauge Star-Quad design

The Series 8SP cable uses highly conductive linear-crystal oxygen-free copper (LC-OFC) conductors. Their beefy 11AWG thickness consists of three separate solid wire gauges chosen for their characteristic frequency responses: large conductors best transmit low frequencies, medium-gauge the mid-frequencies, and fine-gauge the high frequencies.

The cable's Star-Quad design has four conductors evenly wound together in a “positive, negative, positive, negative” configuration. This construction cancels the opposing electromagnetic fields generated by each conductor pair, reducing interference that can cause distortion. It also reduces the cable's inductance, making it easier for your amp to drive a transparent signal to your speaker.

High-performance banana plugs

A connector made with tellurium copper is silver-soldered to each end of the cable. These connectors feature a locking design to ensure secure connections and clean, clear signal transfer between your amp and speaker.

Tributaries cables are built to last

Every Tributaries speaker cable is hand-made by skilled technicians in Orlando, Florida, using high-quality materials. Each cable must pass strict multi-level quality controls and comes with the assurance of a limited lifetime warranty.