Another nod to Signal Cable. Frank is awesome to work with, and their cables are a terrific value in regard to performance>price ratio.
http://signalcable.com/
http://signalcable.com/
Reasonable but not outragious interconnects
Another nod to Signal Cable. Frank is awesome to work with, and their cables are a terrific value in regard to performance>price ratio. http://signalcable.com/ |
From a purely technical standpoint the two considerations with interconnects are the the connectors and whether or not the cable is shielded. All else is snake oil. The problem with most bundled, non-DIY cables such as some of the ones named above is they usually have OK but not great connectors. If you can at all use a soldering iron then opt for high end connectors and shielded cable such as star quad microphone cable. Finally, have you thought of the most neglected, cheapest tweaks for cables: have you cleaned the connectors and jacks lately? Caig DeOxit is one of an audio hobbyist's best friends. |
I am on day two with the audioquest black mamba ii interconnects. My initial impression is I don’t like them in my system. They seem to mute the midrange a bit which is what I probably like the most about these speakers. I ordered the Audioquest silver extreme’s. I will try them and then return what I don’t like. For the purpose of this conversation, I was telling a long time audiophile friend of mine I am surprised these take away from the midrange considering I was running the cheap monoprice interconnects. Figured they would be at least as good in that regard. Of course there is burn in and I have only played them for a few hours but can definitely hear the difference. I went ahead and bought the audioquest black thunder ii subwoofer cables because they seemed like a good deal and I think copper is probably the way to go for subs. Just hooked those up so we will see if I notice any difference. Actually as I am listening right now the bass does sound smoother but that might be premature. |