MAS (Music And Sound) Silver Black amd MAS Silver Grey Interconnects. These are made by Stu Wein in Pennsylvania. He made the high end digital cable that use to come with the original Wadia DAC. His cables were also recommended in Stereophile back then. He now auctions his current cables new on eBay. You can also purchase directly from him. The Black Interconnects go for around $50 to $55 usually for a one meter pair. I have tried them and they were compared well against to the Van Den Hul D102Mk3 Hybrid and pretty close the Nordost Blue Heaven. The Silver Grey cables tend to go for around $80 and were even better. His Blue model cables go for around $25 and are as good as cables like Kimber PBJ in my opinion. He also makes a couple decent power cords.
Good Stuff Cheap
I thought maybe a thread like this may be useful. How about a listing of equipment that's cheap and performs WAY beyond expectations. To qualify, the item must be under $500 (new or used)for an electronic component and under $100 for wire. Try to include comparisons to other equipment.
I'll start off with the Musical Fidelity X-Can Version 2.0. Not as a headphone amp but as a pre-amp! I was noticing that some headphone amps can double as a pre-amp and the X-Can sounded pretty good thru my cans so I went to Radio Shack, got an adapter and ran the headphone output into the rest of my system.
Oh my! Detail, warmth, dynamics and musicallity like you read about. All for $250....NEW! Replacing the standard wall wart with the MF outboard power supply ($195)tightened things up even further. Looks funky with the "alien rectal probe" coming out the front, cables attached. It only has one input, but man does it sound good! As good as my Transcendance & Rogue 66.
I'll start off with the Musical Fidelity X-Can Version 2.0. Not as a headphone amp but as a pre-amp! I was noticing that some headphone amps can double as a pre-amp and the X-Can sounded pretty good thru my cans so I went to Radio Shack, got an adapter and ran the headphone output into the rest of my system.
Oh my! Detail, warmth, dynamics and musicallity like you read about. All for $250....NEW! Replacing the standard wall wart with the MF outboard power supply ($195)tightened things up even further. Looks funky with the "alien rectal probe" coming out the front, cables attached. It only has one input, but man does it sound good! As good as my Transcendance & Rogue 66.