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Interconnect cable

I was doing some long over due 'maintenance' my 2-channel system - OK, just cleaning and dusting the components. In the process I removed the various interconnects. Well, when I went to put everything back together, one of the interconnect cables was missing. I have no idea what happened to it - the house is small, I only moved the equipment out of the way into the next room while I was cleaning the equipment rack, but the cable is no where to be found.

Naturally, it would be one of my more expensive cables - a 1m Cardas Golden Cross. The other interconnects in the system are also Cardas - a pair of the Golden Cross and one of their less expensive interconnects whose name I don't remember. As I cannot replace the missing Cardas cable for financial reasons (even if they sold them separately, not as a pair) I will be using another pair of interconnects that I have on hand.

This is what I have available:

Magwires Ultra
Revelation Cable Echelon II
Audioquest G-Snake

I am using the Cardas cables as interconnects from my CD-player, an Audio Aero Prima, and from my turntable phono stage (Wright Sound audio tube amp) to a Mapletree Audio switch box; the cables I need to replace are from the switch box to my power amp, an Art Audio Carissa Signature.

I know very little about cables, other than the various arguments from "Cables make no difference, buy the cheapest you can find" to "Cables are what make or break a system, throw lots of money their way," lol.

Are any of the spare interconnects I listed a good match with the Cardas cables? Or, on the other hand, is one of them NOT recommended for this system? Does it even matter? (Not trying to start a flame war, just curious as to what others think.) Is there another brand I should consider (that is not absurdly over-priced) for a future purchase?

Holly

oakiris

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oakiris OP
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What, your dryer eats socks, too, John?!? lol Yes, I can't believe I can't find the darn cable, either. I have actually been doing some major cleaning in the last couple of months, found lots of hidden things - found some treasures and some unknowns, but the cable is still MIA! I will keep looking, but I am running out of rooms. I think someone broke in and stole it! :-P

As for trying each set of cables....DOH! Why I didn't think of that, I do not know. Too much of a habit of running to the Internet for help? Once I have my turntable running - somehow it won't work without a working cartridge - I will swap out cables and see which one I prefer.

Oh, I can't wait until I can stop fussing with the equipment and just sit back and listen to music!

Holly
oakiris OP
206 posts
 
I don't think there are any monsters, Kacz, just a very absent minded woman, apparently. Things don't usually disappear around here. Really! I lay them down and find them months later. (Slight exaggeration.) I'm quite sure that it didn't fall into the trash, or that if it had I would have seen it (right?!?) so it has to be here somewhere, I just haven't found its hiding place as yet. :-p Kind of embarrassing though....

I hadn't heard of Morrow Audio cables before; read some positive reviews about them after reading your post. They sound like excellent cables! Can't buy any new cables right now, however - not even from Monoprice, lol - but I will keep them in mind for a possible future purchase. I do like the fact that they sell used cables, too; the burn in time seems rather lengthy (over 300 hours for the interconnects according to one reviewer) so maybe someone else will have already started the burn in process.

Holly
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