You can't get any more blue collar than building them yourself. Some Mogami shielded microphone cable and Vampire or Canare RCA's, half an hour with a soldering pencil and you're in business, with a couple of burned fingertips to show off to your buds.
Blue Collar Cables? The great debate
I know there are a wide variety of opinions on cables. I have read the threads about cables and those debating the costs. I’m not trying to start a debate but am looking for ideas on interconnects, speaker and power cable around the $100 range…new or used. Right now I have stock power cables, Audioquest Rudy and Topaz interconnects and Audioquest Type 4 speaker cable...all with many years on them.