Look for "SignalCable", excellent pricing, super Quality |
Aaron, Have you tried contacting Grover Huffman? I use his cables and they are not only cost effective but they are netural and very fast and natural. Grover is very personable I'd try asking him your concerns. and good luck |
Howdy,
Thank you both for your responses! I found Signal Cable, thanks; I'll check them out.
I haven't spoken to Grover Huffman. The name is only vaguely familiar... But I don't know why I know the name at all to be honest. Is he on the board under his name or something like that? Perhaps that's where I've seen the name? (he is probably some famous engineer and I'm totally blanking right now :)
BTW, if any moderators read this, could you please smoosh my three threads together? I don't know how I started three of the exact same threads, but I apologize for cluttering the board. |
Either crutchfield or vanns has Monster m650i and m850i on sale right now. Great all around cables. I'm using as Pre amp to amp runs deeper bass than Audioquest Coral |
Unfortunately a much better reply was lost when my browser crashed, so this will have to do. I've no completed the acquisition of the first group of tryout cables. Since OCC-type cables, and Vampire wire, had been highly recommended to me, I initially sought these out. This led to an unfortunate discovery--Vampire Wire no longer makes OCC cables. Bummer. The few other available OCC cables I was able to find are quite expensive for me, but I found one that was affordable: Liberty Cable. I also purchased some Van Den Hul bare OCC wire to make my own interconnects in the future.
I've also been grubbing around looking for deals for other cables to try. This led me to the idea of trying composite, component, and digital cables as audio interconnects. Should work like a charm. We will see. Ao this is what I have so far:
Liberty z-500
Tributaries A3 (x3 pairs)
Straight Wire Silver Link II (x3 singles)
monster Cable m850cv (2 sets of 3 leads = 3 audio pairs)
Straight wire concerto (? I think that is the name, 6 pairs)
Tributaries 5a (2 pairs)
I am looking at morrow audio, a pair of mid level vampire cables on evilbay, and some others as well. My main quandary, however, is finding OCC cables for the $50 range I've been aiming at. I think Liberty might be my only option. |
You may have already dealt with this issue, but have you bought upgraded power cords yet? I ask b/c changing pc's seems to make a bigger difference in my systems than changing IC's or SC's & -- if you are on a tight budget -- you might want to look at them first. You can get good Pangea, Zu, or Signal Cable PC's in your under $100 price range.
Batch |
Aaron, you can find Grover at www.groverhuffman.com (If I'm wrong just google Gtover Huffman and tthat will ring you to find him) |
Howdy, sorry for the slow response. I lost track of this thread; my bad.
I took at look at the Grover Huffman site. Very nice stuff but it seems like it is out of my current price range, unless I missed something. Admittedly I didn't comb thru it, but he has some very neat sounding cables. But the stuff listed under interconnects is too much for now. Maybe in a year or ao I'll look into getting a pair. I've got it bookmarked!
Also, I have considered but not yet done anything about power cables. A year ago I bought a Citation 7.0 that came with a real badass PS Audio power cable. I couldn't believe the guy sent it along. It probably cost almost as much as the Citation! Anyway, that is the only upgraded power cord I've got. Despite having it almost a year, I am just now putting my system back together after a whole house renovation, so I actually haven't A/Bed it against the cables my amps came with (they looks to be slightly upgraded basic power cords).
So the whole power cable thing is very new to me. I am considering it but I figured that I'd start with interconnects first for one simple reason: when I went to set up the system a couple weeks ago I realized that I would need more interconnects than I had on hand or resort to using those included RCA wonders that everyone has. That might work in a pinch, but I don't want to run my thousands of dollars worth of equipment on $.25 wires. Even if one does t believe wires make a difference it seems like a small investment to at least try some different stuff. So here I am. And yes, I do think wires make a difference, albeit a modest one compared to some other components.
Since we are on the subject of power cables: I've found some on eBay (yea, that site again). They are around $50, my magic number, but I am pretty sure they are Chinese products, but I'm not sure that's a big deal here is it? I know there is some concern with things like Chinese tube amps failing. |
This is interesting.... I had read that Vampire cable wasn't going to be making their CCC cables and when I checked their site before they weren't available. Now they are. Weird. Owell....
For anyone interested, Vampire Wire CCC is apparently available. I have no idea for how long. Maybe they found someone's stash. :) |
Hey guys, another question. Any decently priced solid core cables out there? So,drying in my $50 price range preferably? If not it MUST be under $100. I simply won't spend more than that right now.
Thanks folks, Aaron |
Damn I hate my iPad. "something" not "so,drying". I write, it says what I want, or nearly so, and as I type it changes the friggin text. I gotta turn off that so-called feature....
Sorry, rant over. |
I just found this thread. If you are still researching, for IC's check out hosa.com, professional cables. Not fancy, but
great quality, sound, and very inexpensive.
For speaker cables, if your amp and speaker connectors permit
using bare wire ends, 12-2 low signal cable is 65 cents a foot
at Home Depot and gives amazing results with my dynamic speakers...
Good luck! |
