Signal Cable or Audio Art Cable for best budget...


ICs for pre/pro to power amp, and from DVD-HD player's 5.1 output to 5.1 input on pre/pro? Or, possibly another brand?

I would like to go with Venhaus Pulsars, but I think that is going to run into too much money.

My current five ICs from pre/pro to power amp are a set I got from Blue Jeans Cable some time ago for $75 for the whole set. They are described as "Belden 1505F".

If I went with Signal Cable, I could go with the Analog 1($36/pair) or Analog 2($49/pair). With Audio Art, I would probably have to go with the IC-1, since the IC-3 runs $90/1 meter pair.

Or, I could pop for a little more dough for the front 3 channels, and go less expensive on the surrounds.

I don't know much about cables or how good the Belden 1505F is, but my sound watching DVDs seems a little flat. Dialog and surround info seem somewhat incoherent.

Should I expect an improvement over the Blue Jeans Belden with something like the Signal or Audio Art cables?
mtrot
Signal Cable Analog 1 and 2 are just dressed-up Belden cable. I don't know which raw cables are used though.
I have no experience with Signal Cable, but I did replace VH Audio Pulsars with Audio Art IC-3's in my system, so I highly recommend the Audio Art. Talk to Audio Art and see what they might recommend.
Well, well! I just swapped out the Blue Jeans cable on the center channel with an old(about 10 years) Tara Labs RSC Prime ic that I had on hand. Whoa, the highs and the dialog were instantly clearer. Still not as good as I would like them, though.

This makes me think the Blue Jeans Belden cables are not that great. This is reinforcing my idea of changing out all 5 of the ics from the receiver to the power amp.

I am also thinking of de-spading the Speltz anti-cables that connect the center channel speaker, and connecting the bare wires.
If it were me, I'd go to accessories4less.com, and buy IXOS XHA406's, and then have them all cryo'ed.
Keeping in mind 'bang for the buck'.