Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money


I currently have a system which consists of Vandersteen 5A's, THor Audio TP-150 tubed monoblocks, Thor Line Stage and Thor phono stage, Marantz SACD player SA-114 and will take delivery of the VPI Prime Scout with a Sumiko EVOS 3 Cartridge. I am currently using LAT International Speaker Cables, Power Cords and Interconnects. (They are no longer in business). I am in immediate  need of turntable cables and would like to update my new speaker cables and interconnects. Not willing to spend thousands on this upgrade. Seeking to capture as much of the "magic" that the super expensive cables deliver but at a more realistic price point. I understand that I have really good quality equipment, but at this stage of my life cannot allocate mega dollars towards cables.
 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 
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Don't forget that solidus lattice structures, wire,  (OCC, etc)

Amorphous metals, with different structure.... 

Then liquid metal....

That all three are different in how they handle the delta of the complex physics of electrical function. That the OCC vs amorphous are very close on a 1 to 10 scale, like 1 and 2. Where the liquid is like a 8 or 10 in that scale -- in it's difference and distance from the other two.


Hey Mr factoid deliverance, did you get the note yet?

It’s right there in front of you:

Not everyone hears like you.

The thing you reveal so far.... is that your reasoning is as lacking as your hearing.

Be a part of that 97%!
anyway, back to the op’s original question. 90% of the quality for much less money.

That’s a given, an easy one.

It’s due to the point that 95-97% (I mean, pick a percentage, it’s not like there’s some known quantity and standard, here) of what a cable does, at the high end of things..is available for considerably less. The key being that it is only those last few percentage points that we fight for, in most any endeavor. eg, beer, or scotch or any commodity or goods. Tires, cars, and so on. All the same, relatively speaking... and only a few percentage points separate the cheapies from the extreme.

It plays out in cables the same way it does everywhere else in the world.

100% of what we look for plays out in the last few peak percentage points. Everyone’s got almost all of what is attempted at being brought forth, in broad electrical measurement terms, that is.. Even the $0.25 cable that comes with the $29 dvd player at Walmart. 

Those last few given percentage points is where all the effort, brain power, and money is applied.

Results vary, of course.
Those last few percentage points are everything, it’s the whole enchilada.

It’s open ended to some degree, an 'impossible to reach' perfection... so each person has to decide themselves where and how, exactly... to try and bite down on infinity...