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"Budget" cable advice, please

Hi,

I'm piecing together the first refresh of my audio system in over 20 years! :-)

I've purchased a pair of Totem Arros and a Music Hall CD 25.2 CD player. I'll also be running a refurbished SOTA Sapphire and a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated amp. The only speaker cables I have right now are Monster Cable Powerline 2's that I used to bi-wire my old Vandersteen 2C's in the late 1980's.

I need best-bang-for-the-buck interconnect, power cord (for the CD) and speaker cable recommendations. I can't break the bank on cables, but want to get a marked improvement in the system.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!
rebbi
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nonoise
10,893 posts
 
Try RS Cables Silver ICs and Clear Day Audio speaker cables.
$220 for the both and I'm quite happy with the results.
mijs
9 posts
 
AQ King Cobras are very good. I've owned AQ Coral CQs (very spatial but a bit bright) and AQ Diamondbacks (solid all-round cable) but for around $100 you can buy used King Cobras. They transport a bigger soundstage and a lot of well-defined bass. Easy on the ears, too.
sleeplespsycho
1 posts
 
You should read this by Roger Russell (Director of Acoustic Research at McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and the originator of McIntosh Loudspeakers)

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

You'll find out what others had already know but can't accept.
devilboy
1,176 posts
 
I love this topic. An OUTSTANDING value in audio cables is DNM. I replaced about $9,000 worth of cable in my system (Kimber Select, Nordost, Purist), with $700 worth of DNM cable and didn't look back. As amazing as that is, it's still not the biggest "bang for you buck" that I can recommend. Yes, there is one that's better. It's a tad more expensive, but BLOWS AWAY the DNM cables. THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE UPGRADE I'VE MADE TO MY SYSTEM. Check it out on "Virtual System".
D.
clio09
3,357 posts
 
Devilboy, nice system, very simple, looks great, and I like the room treatments.

However, I didn't quite figure out the reference from your post as to the single most effective upgrade you made to your system. Was it the reference in one of the posts to the Jorma cables?
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