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Interconnect cable
I was doing some long over due 'maintenance' my 2-channel system - OK, just cleaning and dusting the components. In the process I removed the various interconnects. Well, when I went to put everything back together, one of the interconnect cables was missing. I have no idea what happened to it - the house is small, I only moved the equipment out of the way into the next room while I was cleaning the equipment rack, but the cable is no where to be found.
Naturally, it would be one of my more expensive cables - a 1m Cardas Golden Cross. The other interconnects in the system are also Cardas - a pair of the Golden Cross and one of their less expensive interconnects whose name I don't remember. As I cannot replace the missing Cardas cable for financial reasons (even if they sold them separately, not as a pair) I will be using another pair of interconnects that I have on hand.
This is what I have available:
Magwires Ultra
Revelation Cable Echelon II
Audioquest G-Snake
I am using the Cardas cables as interconnects from my CD-player, an Audio Aero Prima, and from my turntable phono stage (Wright Sound audio tube amp) to a Mapletree Audio switch box; the cables I need to replace are from the switch box to my power amp, an Art Audio Carissa Signature.
I know very little about cables, other than the various arguments from "Cables make no difference, buy the cheapest you can find" to "Cables are what make or break a system, throw lots of money their way," lol.
Are any of the spare interconnects I listed a good match with the Cardas cables? Or, on the other hand, is one of them NOT recommended for this system? Does it even matter? (Not trying to start a flame war, just curious as to what others think.) Is there another brand I should consider (that is not absurdly over-priced) for a future purchase?
Holly
Naturally, it would be one of my more expensive cables - a 1m Cardas Golden Cross. The other interconnects in the system are also Cardas - a pair of the Golden Cross and one of their less expensive interconnects whose name I don't remember. As I cannot replace the missing Cardas cable for financial reasons (even if they sold them separately, not as a pair) I will be using another pair of interconnects that I have on hand.
This is what I have available:
Magwires Ultra
Revelation Cable Echelon II
Audioquest G-Snake
I am using the Cardas cables as interconnects from my CD-player, an Audio Aero Prima, and from my turntable phono stage (Wright Sound audio tube amp) to a Mapletree Audio switch box; the cables I need to replace are from the switch box to my power amp, an Art Audio Carissa Signature.
I know very little about cables, other than the various arguments from "Cables make no difference, buy the cheapest you can find" to "Cables are what make or break a system, throw lots of money their way," lol.
Are any of the spare interconnects I listed a good match with the Cardas cables? Or, on the other hand, is one of them NOT recommended for this system? Does it even matter? (Not trying to start a flame war, just curious as to what others think.) Is there another brand I should consider (that is not absurdly over-priced) for a future purchase?
Holly
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