Budget re-cabling

@kraftwerkturbo - Many years ago I was in your position and dabbled in DIY solutions, thinking I could do a better job for less money.

Since then, and many cables later, not to mention thousands of audition hours, I realized that most of the cables available today offer very little in terms of real benefit.

To provide a little understanding as to what I believe makes a good cable, take a look at this thread

What Maked a Good Cable

If you are not really into DIY, take look at Audio Envy cables

• they provide excellent value for money,
• are well above average performers and
• are modestly priced

If you want to upgrade to higher performance later, take a look at Zavfino cables

Both these cables use excellent wire, insulations and cable geometries

Here’s hoping I have saved you some money, time and effort

Regards - Steve

@kraftwerkturbo - 30 years ago "audio cable science" was in it’s infancy - even the good ones were bad compared to todays cables

Some comanies, like Nordost, introduced cable geometries that provided improvements, but they still used OFC copper and large solid conncetors

Todays cables are vastly superior in evrey respect

• low mass connectors that provide clear, clean signal transmission
• superior insulations that reduce noise floor
• metal purity and new manufacturing techniques produce wires like OCC copper and OCC silver for improved dynamics
• noise floor reducing geometries

And it just keeps getting better.

I have good cables on my $300 mini system and it sounds amazing, compared to the cables it came with

Companies like Audio Envy have done all the hard work for you at a reasonable cost - you’d be surprised.

But remember, any new cables require at least 100 hours break in

Good luck with your quest - hope you find the right cable.

Regards - Steve