@audphile1 I tried the Mogami Gold XLRs in my high end system between my $9K DAC and pre-amp. Oy vey! Yes, they sounded neutral, clean and clear. Great for recording studios I guess, not for home audio. My ICs with transformer XLR box and just using RCAs KILL the Mogamis. The Mogami Gold lack 3D soundstaging, depth and especially dynamic contrasts and tonal splendor. They are more akin to cardboard cutouts than live, breathing music.
Cheapest but good cables….
Ok, I’m setting up a little system, a Benchmark AHB2 and DAC3 HGC. I had old Kimber cables laying around but they are going to be too short. These are from 15 years ago and I’m sure they were good and expensive. However, I’ve been a bit skeptical about speaker cables and interconnects and was going to ask here if it’s all BS but I see an older thread where almost everybody agrees that quality cables are extremely important - duh, more money!
I don’t want to go overboard on twelve foot speaker cables but I don’t want to sell myself short neither after splashing out way more than I intended to on this system.
im looking for recommendations for the cheapest cables that I’ll barely hear a difference when comparing to expensive cables.
thanks in anticipation
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@jmac7 I am reposting my experience with Mogami Gold balanced ICs (same goes for Canare tested). I tried the Mogami Gold XLRs in my high end system between my $9K DAC and pre-amp. Oy vey! Yes, they sounded neutral, clean and clear. Great for recording studios I guess, not for home audio. My ICs with transformer XLR box and just using RCAs KILL the Mogamis. The Mogami Gold lack 3D soundstaging, depth and especially dynamic contrasts and tonal splendor. They are more akin to cardboard cutouts than live, breathing music. |