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"Budget" cable advice, please

Hi,

I'm piecing together the first refresh of my audio system in over 20 years! :-)

I've purchased a pair of Totem Arros and a Music Hall CD 25.2 CD player. I'll also be running a refurbished SOTA Sapphire and a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated amp. The only speaker cables I have right now are Monster Cable Powerline 2's that I used to bi-wire my old Vandersteen 2C's in the late 1980's.

I need best-bang-for-the-buck interconnect, power cord (for the CD) and speaker cable recommendations. I can't break the bank on cables, but want to get a marked improvement in the system.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Rebbi (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-15-08

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07-15-08 monster cables are generally a high priced and higher build ... Shadorne

07-15-08 My experience with monster cables is limited to the interlin ... Tobias

07-15-08 You should specify a budget. to some, a budget interconnect ... Tvad

07-15-08 Difficult to give absolute recommendations since there is al ... Karelfd

07-15-08 Rebbi, if it fits your budget, you may want to go with a fu ... Reubent

07-15-08 I second the recommendation of morrow cables. good stuff. Dopogue

07-15-08 There are many threads on the topic of 'budget cables'. do ... Bander

07-15-08 There is a lot in the achieves. but any discussion should me ... Kbuzz

07-15-08 You can pick up a pair of alpha core micro purl cu interconn ... Viridian

07-15-08 Miht want to checkout signalcable (advertise here on the gon ... Facten

07-16-08 Second the signal cable. very difficult to match, nearly im ... Celtic66

07-16-08 I agree with facten .. i have 3 mters pair ic3 art audio cab ... Curio

07-16-08 Blue jean cable sells belden cable at any length you specify ... Musicnoise

07-16-08 First of all, i want to thank everybody who has been so help ... Rebbi

07-19-08 I can recommend the unico. it was truly excellent in my syst ... Alun

07-19-08 I just received a shipment of coax, optical and hdmi cables ... Zkzpb8

07-19-08 Almost anything will sound better than 20 year old monster c ... Rodman99999

07-20-08 A consideration you might think about is keeping a good eye ... Istanbulu

07-22-08 Try rs cables silver interconnects and clear day cables silv ... Nonoise

07-22-08 For your $100 budget for interconnect and $200-$250 budget f ... Ryder

07-23-08 Hey rebbi, you might want to google the white lig ... Geared4me

08-14-08 I ended up buying the audioquest gbc speaker cables (on sale ... Rebbi

08-15-08 diy. min.12-13 awg solid core speakercables, biwire if ... Palerider

08-15-08 Try rs cables silver ics and clear day audio speaker cables. ... Nonoise

08-20-08 Aq king cobras are very good. i've owned aq coral cqs (very ... Mijs

08-31-08 You should read this by roger russell (director of acoustic ... Sleeplespsycho

08-31-08 I love this topic. an outstanding value in audio cables is ... Devilboy

08-31-08 Devilboy, nice system, very simple, looks great, and i like ... Clio09