Long run XLR cables


Are there significant improvements to be gained by using home audio specific cables versus high quality pro audio cables such as Mogami or Monster. I don’t like frittering money away unnecessarily but I recently switched my main cables from Mogami gold to SVS soundpath when I need new subwoofer cables and I noticed a slight veil over the sound when I switched. Any thought and insights would be appreciated.

johnnybwood

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Typically the quality of the interconnects is more important than whether XLR or single ended, provided your components don’t strongly favor (sound better) one connection type. It can be cost effective to use RCA.

 

Mogami are widely regarded as performing equally for the money with other audio cables. So, if we are talking about a $100 pair then they would (in general) compete with similar audio cables. This is important because in high end audio these are very budget oriented interconnects. Certainly appropriate on many systems… but are unlikely to raise performance much. 

When putting together a system I do not start thinking about “high performance” interconnects until components are over a couple grand.