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Using older cable in new system? Need advice...

Hi,

I'm in the process of refreshing a system that I originally bought in the mid to late 1980's and need some cabling advice.

I sold my Vandersteen 2C's on Audiogon and will likely replace them with either Quad 21L's or Totem Arro's. I have a SOTA Sapphire (currently being refurbished at SOTA) for analog and just purchased a Music Hall 25.2 CD player for digital. My amp is a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated with 70 watts/channel. I also have a Tandberg tuner.

My 20-year-old speaker cables are Monster Cable Powerline 2, which was "pretty good stuff" back in the day. Should I keep on using it? Is this something that deteriorates over time? Also, in my new, much smaller listening room, the lengths are way, way longer than I need... would I want to have this cabling resized at a dealer?

Thanks for any and all enlightenment you can offer!

Peace!
rebbi

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islandmandan
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While the Monster Cable may sound good to your ears, I think you may be very surprised to learn how much difference cable upgrades can make. The best advice I can give you is call The Cable Company, ask for Steve, and consider his recommendations. You can audition cables at home, for a small fee, and see first hand what works in your system. You will get a thousand different suggestions from us A'goners, but hearing is believing. If you decide to purcase, the audition fee is applied to your purchase.
I think that is the best way to go about cable upgrades. You can drive youself nuts about it, so many options.
Also, many A'goners recommend Signal Cable Company, supposed to be excellent cables at a budget price.

Best of luck,
Dan
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