RCA interconnect recommendation

@smaarch1:

You have to listen for yourself-- no-one can tell you what will be best.

I've found The Cable Co. very useful in this regard.

Also, direct sales company's such as Audio Art offer good value and a return policy. 

You're welcome, smaarch1. 

I just ordered a pair of A. Zen Absolute Coppers from The Cable Co. lending library to try out as a potential replacement for my current A. Zen Silver Reference RCA IC's. If I like them, I will be selling my Silvers. 

Rob Fritz at Audio Art is one of the nicest guys I've met through my audio dealings and I've found his products perform very well in my system. Of course, there are many other small, direct-sales cable companies. 

@audphile1:

Haven't received them yet. I'll report back once I've had a chance to hear them. 

The Hegel H390 is both more resolving and less colored than any integrated I've owned and as a result, differences in SQ between CDs are highlighted. This may may it more difficult to choose between the Silver and Copper cables.  We'll see. . . 

@decooney:

Agreed !  

The Coppers are due to arrive this Thursday. 

Another wrinkle-- unfortunately, The Cable Co. only had one pair of the Coppers  in their lending library and the Schiit Lokius requires two pair of ICs ( I locate it between DAC and integrated). This means I'll have to compare the Silvers and Coppers without the benefit of being able to tweak the sound with the Lokius. So, from my point of view, this will be a less-than-ideal test but it's the best I can do. 

This is why I described the latter as "less than ideal".

@decooney:

I will try the Coppers by themselves, without the Lokius and with the Lokius in conjunction with the Silvers, as you've suggested.

@audphile1:

Well, no, as I use the Lokius with most CDs, now. It makes sense to me to demo the cable in exactly the same way I'm currently using the Silver Reference. At least that strikes me as the most logical approach-- an "apples to apples" comparison

 I recognize that I can compare both cables without the Lokius in the system and I'll certainly do that but that's not how I'll ultimately be using whichever cable I settle on in the end.