@erik_squires thanks for that, I forgot about the connex cable. I'm not too fond of solid silver though. For some reason, mogami never really floated my boat.
@dill thanks for the BL-1 vote
Has anybody used the NEI-3004?
Long XLR recommendations
Hi all, due to a wifely requirement I have to run balanced interconnects about ~30 feet. These will go between a BAT VK-3ix and Liberty Audio B2B-100s running mono. Ready made cables would be prohibitively expensive for an approx. 10m run so I'm looking at DIY.
I've previously tried Mogami and Canare but haven't been too impressed, they both seemed a bit dull and lacking inner detail. I've built several cables using Furez FZ162AA that I liked better than the Mogami/Canare but, of course, I'm looking for something better.
Trying to keep costs below $10/ft rules out a lot of cables but i don't want to break the bank. I've been looking at Neotech NEI-3004 and DH Labs BL-1. Would either of these be "better" to the Furez cable? If you think there is other cable that I've forgotten please chime in.
I plan to use DH Labs XLR connectors for these cables. Are there other affordable XLRs that use copped conductors?
Thanks in advance for the recommendations and opinions.
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@audphile1 Thanks for the recommendations but that's a bit more than I would like to spend. @soix Thanks for the Audio Envy suggestion. I will probably reach out to them. The Liberty amps are the best I’ve had in my room. I moved from Hypex NC500 to these and a home audition pushed me over the edge. Lucky for me Peter is about an hour drive away. I was able to buy some darn good amps and support a local small business at the same time. Win, win in my book. If anyone else has suggestions I’d love to hear them! |
Yes, Peter is definitely one of the good guys. I've been lucky enough to hear the PBN line at his house and THE Show. He's going to have his top of the line stuff at THE Show again next weekend. It is really special stuff. I'll probably talk to him about cables for the Liberty Audio amps next weekend.
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@audphile1 Thanks for the info! |