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Affordable cables

We all know and can't dispute that SR and other uber expensive cables can do magic with your systems however most of us aspiring audiophiles simply can't afford them. So I would like to hear from some of our colleagues who worked their way up the cable chain what if any cables priced at $100.00 or less made or make the most difference to a system. Interconnects specifically.  Thanks 
Audiomaze 
audiomaze

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jetter
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millercarbon, the fact is that you have convinced yourself that all home brewed cables are failures based on one persons botched attempts. Your message to all DIYers is you are doing them a favor telling them to give up before they have started and just accept your message of ultimate failure. Every company that makes cables originally started with one person coming up with the idea and developing the project.

As for beating the SR drum, go to their classified pages here on A’gon and you will see 100’s of ads by their dealers, no need to plug their rather astronomically priced (recognizing they are not alone in their pricing) Nano quantum products.
jetter
3,084 posts
 
Several companies can assemble what you need:

Speaker cable = Canare 4S11
Interconnects = Mogami 2534

The music you are listening to was likely recorded utilizing one of the above in the recording studio.
jetter
3,084 posts
 
millercarbon, I do understand from your repeated posts that you and a buddy ended up being disappointed with the cables you made. But somehow you seem to be thinking that I have a reason to believe that either you or your buddy have the talent to source good wire and the ability to assemble the cables, after you admit you did not.

Member grannyring started making DIY cables using Dueland wire and now sells them on A’gon under the "Acoustic BBQ" brand name. You can see for yourself his cable’s overwhelmingly positive reviews by many audiophiles.

It was wrong of me to highlight that you echo your love for SR cables, you are among many here that repeadely trumpet their preference for a particular brand.
jetter
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Hi audiomaze, putting some pressure on me, I hope you do like the Mogami.  I can only tell you that in my system I did not like how the Belden LC-1 speaker cables I purchased from Blue Jeans sounded, but loved how the Canare speaker cables I purchased through Blue Jeans sounded and also how the Mogami interconnects purchased through another outfit sounded.  I liked the Mogami interconnects better than Canare, Cardas Neutral Reference and Meitner interconnects.
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