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Has anyone tried Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 RCA IC?

I have and it seems to work very well, at least as well as my other more expensive ICs. Has anyone else tried it?

I have some nice "high-end" speaker cables and power cords. I can hear the differences they make. I can also hear the differences of various damping tweaks. However, with RCA ICs, the BJC LC-1 seems to work just as well as my Reality Cable and Canary ICs, and is better than some other high-end ICs I tried.

I used to be a Beta tester for a guy who makes cryo'ed RCA ICs. I could hear the differences among various versions of his ICs. But a pair of $30 ICs is as good as these 10X more expensive? Did I miss anything?
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gmahler2u
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i just got the LC-1 RCA IC. I'm still need to break it in...I was using Morrow's MA3 silver eichman, so far Morrow has better sounding but we'll see after 100 hours + ...
banacek
1 posts
 
Blue jeans cables are good economy grade cable. If you are interested in a high end (but not crazy expensive) cable, check out Neustadt Research cables.

Blue jeans cables = Chevrolet

Neustadt Research = Porsche

Both valid choices, really depends on personal preferences and budget.
artmindes
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For me BJC are nice ones especially for the price, but they sound a bit grainy in my system and are not airy/spacious enough for my taste. They are not as refined as other cables either.

IMO it's worth paying more to get better cables than BJC in high-end/hi-fi system unless you really found good synergy with them.
jimofoakcreek
14 posts
 
I use BJ LC1 cables in my turntable mainly because of their low capacitance. I like the connectors as well. Nice cable.
dave_72
1,399 posts
 
BJCs are good, solid OFC cables. They're good for upper mid-fi to entry level high end systems. But, they do not compare to up-occ copper and high grade silver cable. That's what you wanna use for a high end to ultra high end system.
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