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budget Cables / Interconnects recommendations?

Hello all- For the past 10 years I have been using some cheap mostercable type interconnects, and I'm wondering I'f I'm missing out. My set-up includes a pair of VTL compact 100 tube monoblocks powering a pair of NHT super-two's. Main source is a rega Planar 3 (about to hopefully be fitted with a BENZ ACE) with an adcom pre (that I am about to replace, with what I am not sure, something tube I imagine)-- anyways, It seems that I could easily buy cables that cost more than my components. Do they really make that big of a difference or is the money better spent elsewhere? What brand would be a good place to start to do better than my cheap wal-mart cables but not spend a fortune? thanks- M
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johnnyb53
3,510 posts
 
Also check out Audio Advisor. They have an exclusive on a couple of interconnects from AudioQuest that I think are good values: The Scarlet Viper and the Blue Racer. The Viper is long-grain crystal copper at $35/meter pair and the Blue Racer is OCC-style single-crystal copper at $65/meter pair. I have both and think they give good value. The Blue Racers are especially nice. The single-crystal copper imparts a very detailed, yet smooth sound and they come with AudioQuest's excellent silver RCA plugs which by themselves sell for $40/set.

Also, AA has a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee. You pay return shipping, but on interconnects that's very cheap. That gives you plenty of time to burn 'em in and try 'em out.
lewm
14,693 posts
 
Speltz Anti-Cables, or make your own, or buy used cables off this site.
hoodjem
67 posts
 

Or, you could give these a try.  They are certainly cheap enough:  

https://www.amazon.com/Primeda-Auidophile-Stereo-Plated-Oxgen-Free/dp/B087M3G9W9/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cR2JeL_xNt08zw9xC_edlgj2Bx480tFx7WeTIUNjYK3GLmZ6ImJXgtU6cmWn2Izpqhw5s_O7T5THk-az5ZT8Z5_msiO-dhPyVE3ieVcOHDyjbgS2rXe3VHXA0j1-C3FaL-vXFPrDXrboS5t9dVjAhaZKi9-PQxcQmUxQlQPgrBzMlA7xFwhMpzJbYFidj7drhbnmHXDoZ_S4HSi4BeEe1KGbBz03lOJAy_pynD3u78GKLUwezTl-9dFbVPnGzMcP3vZ7ejqIr8BtUp9V8DT3fMqQh_bMpvDFBqcCty2KohA.JiAaEBRrGPb38LYFuu2gRvl5tRfYr9E_aLt1D6hZ40s&dib_tag=se&qid=1762385726&refinements=p_89%3APrimeda&sr=8-1&srs=121162421011&th=1


Steve Huff really liked them.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNfHTJ6kyY

And he was certainly right about the Micca speaker cables.  (I bought a pair of these speaker cables; they are slightly less good than my $975 Audience speaker cables.) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0yFQi4b5cE

Plus, if you get them from Amazon and don’t like them, you can always return them for a refund. 

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