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Inexpensive,ugly and wonderful sounding.....

Lat International's top of the line interconnect, while only $250, claims to have the same construction and sound qualities of cables costing 5 times as much. Now, I bought that rap, and have been listening to mine for 6 years, and have been very happy. Is ignorance bliss? Now, that I'm upgrading my CDP (Audio Aero Prima), I'm second guessing, perhaps wrongly, my interconnects. Has anyone out there had FIRST hand experience with what I'm going through? I never hear Lat mentioned much on the 'gon. Is it because it's not chic to own generic cables? Is it because people have tried them and think they suck? Maybe their marketing (which obvioulsly keeps the price down) is poor? They are physically ugly. Does that have an affect? What compostion properties, if any, are missing from the Lats that, say, Cardas Gold Reference, or Wire World Gold Eclipse have? Feedback would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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chams_uk
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My 2 cents:

- I have owned the IC-200D (mk 1 & 2) in the past, thought they were OK, not great. For budget cables, I liked several better (DH Lab's Silver Sonic, Van den Hul D-102 Mk 3 Hybrid, Luminous Audio Monarch Sig's, ZCable Jazz4, Zu cable, and more).

- There are some AMAZING cables out there for cheap $$. IMO, you don't need to spend a lot to get great sound. For many, the extra $$ will get better sound, but the margin of return on the investment goes down more quickly these days (IE, you get 80% or so within the first $150-$200 prhaps)

- If you can borrow some cables to try, do so. Don't spend variably just to try things out (it CAN be fun, but also expensive)

- Otherwise, if you're happy, why change ? Enjoy your bliss !

Good luck, and good listening.
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