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Interconnect advice needed

Hi

I need an almost 10 feet interconnect between pre amp and power amp. Both with tubes.
I know all cables affects the signal and naturally I I want this effect to be as small as possible.
I've just bought Klipsch Heresy IV and I don't want the cable to emphase the midrange bump in these speakers even more.

Any suggestion for a cable this long max $1000?

simna
kota1
2,706 posts
 

I prefer Mogami interconnects in my system because they don't seem to harm the signal and have a life time guarantee. 

i use the Gold cables in both XLR and RCA versions:

SPECIFICATIONS

Configuration Mogami Cables Configuration w2534 Mogami Cables Configuration w2893
Part No. W2534 W2893
No. of Conductor 4(Quad)
Conductor Details 20/0.12 OFC 30/0.08 OFC
Size(mm²) 0.226mm² (#24 AWG) 0.15mm² (#26 AWG)
Insulation Ov. Dia.(mm) 1.6Ø (0.063") 1.0Ø (0.039")
Material XLCPE (Cross-Linked Polyethylene)
Colors Blue / Clear (Quad) Black / Red / Blue / Clear
Served Shield Approx. 64/0.18A Approx. 73/0.12A
Jacket Ov. Dia.(mm) 6.0Ø (0.236") 4.8Ø (0.189")
Material Flexible PVC Flexible PVC
Colors 10 colours available 5 colours available
Roll Sizes 50m (164 Ft)
100m (328Ft)
200m (656Ft)		 50m (164 Ft)
100m (328Ft)
200m (656Ft)
Weight per 200m Roll 11kg 7.5kg



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ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Part No. W2534 W2893
DC Resistance at 20°C Inner Cond. 0.083Ω/m(0.025Ω/Ft) 0.13Ω/m(0.040Ω/Ft)
Shield 0.012Ω/m(0.0037Ω/Ft) 0.025Ω/m(0.0076Ω/Ft)
Capacitance at 1kHz, 20°C
(Partial C. Value)
See below figure*		 K0 65pF/m(20pF/Ft) 74pF/m(23pF/Ft)
K1 13pF/m(4pF/Ft) 11pF/m(3.4pF/Ft)
K2 4pF/m(1.2pF/Ft) 3pF/m(0.9pF/Ft)
Balanced
Quad
Connection		 Cond.-Cond. 97pF/m(29.6pF/Ft) 131pF/m(40pF/Ft)
Cond.-Shield. 110pF/m(33.6pF/Ft) 178pF/m(54pF/Ft)
Inductance between conductors at 1kHz. 20°C 0.4µH/m(0.12µH/Ft) 0.5µH/m(0.15µH/Ft)
Electrostatic Noise** 50mV Max. 50mV Max.
Electromagnetic Noise** 0.15mV Max. 0.15mV Max.
Microphonics at 50KΩ/ Load** 430m V Max. 30m V Max.
Voltage Breakdown Must withstand at DC 500V/15sec.
Insulation Resistance 100000 M Ω/ × m Min. at DC 125V, 20°C
Flex Life** 11,000 cycles 26,000 cycles
Tensile Strength 686N 500N
Emigration Non-emigrant to ABS Non-emigrant to ABS
Applicable Temperature -20°C‾ +70°C(-4°F‾ +158°F)
** Using standard testing methods of Mogami Wire & Cable Corp. * Partial Capacitance
mogami diagram w2893
simna OP
165 posts
 

@kota1 

Have you done any comparisons to other cables?

kota1
2,706 posts
 

I have done comparison and these just get out of the way of the music. I have compared with very inexpensive cables like blue jeans up to $1000 cables from Virtual Dynamics. These cables don’t "sound" like anything, they just let the music pass through without adding or taking away anything. Check out the reviews from people who bought them here, You can order in the length you need NP. FWIW Mogami is the cable most often used for pro applications in recording studios:

 

 

simna OP
165 posts
 

@kota1 

It would be interesting to know which cables you compared Mogami Gold with and what made Mogami better.

Did a quick search on the net and found this about Mogami Gold:

"Mogami is the recording industry standard, and I have a home studio wired up with Mogami Gold.
That said, I did try the XLRs out in my home system between DAC, preamp, and amp, and they were handily crushed by Audioquest Colorado. The Colorados are not the most impressive XLRs I have owned. Mogami are reasonably priced industry workhorses, but are not very impressive compared to most audiophile cables over $100."

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stereo5
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I needed an interconnect to go between my preamp and amp so I called Chris Van Haus and he made me a wonderful sounding cable which he calls a CU Twist with very high end connectors.  Price was around $300.  It was 2 meters long.  Most of the price was the connectors and labor, the wire itself was very reasonable.  You can call VH Audio and talk to Chris.  He is a wealth of knowledge on what works well with various equipment. 

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