Reasonable but not outragious interconnects

I have a good results with SVS interconnect 
compare with my  monoprice day and night  

I started out with Monoprice interconnects. My system sounded fine or so I thought. I was a newbie to the concept of cables and power cords and power conditions making a difference. But I took a leap of faith and Invested some money in, initially Shunyata cables, power cords and power conditioners/strips. What I can tell you is that you don’t know what you are missing in your system’s potential until you switch out those monoprice cables for better ones. I suggest biting the bullet and go beyond your price parameters if you can. Your system will grow into your better ones. If you don’t go to the likes of Shunyata, Cardas and upper end Audioquest yet (but I recommend that you do. You will hear a difference) you can try bluejeans or Surf Cable or others. Everything makes a difference. But while you are changing out interconnects, I suggest you also make upgrades on the power end. Get an AQ 1000 or a Shnuyata PS8 with Defender. Get some good AQ or Shunyata power cables.  You will like what you hear and what you don’t hear. 

roberjerman,

How bright are the Audioquest silver ic’s? I might need a new pair of ic’s to go from my preamp to my amps.

Not wanting to takeover this thread.

thanks.

JD

http://anticables.com
Pangea Cables at Audio Advisor

https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/indexmob.htm

I've been using these LC1 interconnects, they're excellent!
If you're still not sure; give him a shout or email; he's pretty quick to reply.

Great components and a cold solder joint = ?
and improper RF shield not good
having said that the iron could pay for itself....

otherwise, I am a fan of Audioquest, especially with DBS

Another nod for the BlueJeans LC-1’s

I went with 3 pairs of the Black Momba’s. Seems like a good buy. 

If anyone is interested I have the newer Classe class d amp on this system and have a post Classe ca-d200. I have not gotten many replies but it is actually a awsome amp so far. 

For these cables I am looking to just reduce a little noise and open up the sound even more if possible. The system is awsome. 

Btw, this is a really expensive hobby. All of this for me is the bedroom music setup. It makes my nine speaker sonus faber home theater system sound like crap, not to mention the cars. 

Again thank you all for the responses. I really do appreciate it. 

Very happy with Morrow Audio. SP3, SP4, MA1 MA3 MA6 I have an extra 1 meter pair of MA1 if interested. New condition. Newest model. Pm me.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9d67j-analysis-plus-inc-oval-one-1-meter-rca-interconnects

This one will work for you.

Analysis Plus cables are very good for the price with neutral presentation.

Thank you all for the feedback. I am leaning toward the Audioquest Black Mamba 2. 

meho3, I do believe you may be happy with the Mogami interconnects. Easy to purchase one pair of these or any and try them out and see what you think. Yes,everything is system dependent.  I have used Belden, Cardas, Canare, Museatex Meitner, Morrow and Magnan and liked the Mogami the best.

What is not system dependent is that you can enjoy your system with any of these good quality budget cables, to say otherwise is incorrect. 

Enjoy

Check out Signal Cables.....outstanding cables for the money! 

Belden 8402 

Two salient competing factors at play here in this post This is well-traveled and ever-repeating post.Don’t agonize further.

(1) Without prejudice to the following, the choice of cables are entirely system dependent.... full stop. There is no one size fits all.

(2) in brief, everything is built to its price point . For example, the quality build contenders with top materials (OCC all-Cu or Rhodium vs. Cheap brass ) provide a superior grip in ICs that is very important. That’s why , say, cables outfitted with superior connectors including inter Alia: WBTs / NEUTRIK PROFI / FURUTECH/ OYAIDE et al; all cost more even as simple DIY components in the overall cable construction than exceed your stated budget and also. perform better.

Hence at that low budget price point, it’s not going to have them in favour of cheap built to its price point choice connectors price strata.

So, along with a choice of the actual matched cheap budget cable built-to-its price-point choices therein, it is generally reduced to a “just pick on of ‘em” exercise. The audio performance improvement delineation between all the many suggestions posted (and similar) are only very minimal to nil; with a strong lean to the latter end of the spectrum.

Several good choices listed above.
Here are some additional options: https://www.audioadvisor.com/products.asp?dept=394

I can recommend the Audioquest Silver Extreme IC's. Available from HCM for about $90 (list price was $400). I bought 5 sets! Can't beat the value/price ratio!

https://silversonic.com/products/interconnects/

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=supra+interconnects&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=10&rt=nc

I think that sfar has inadvertently somewhat muddied the waters in this low cost interconnect discussion. You can buy any of the cables already assembled. This would be my recommendation: https://www.markertek.com/product/msc3rr/mogami-neglex-quad-audio-cable-rca-male-to-male-3-foot-blac...


The reason I did not recommend Blue Jeans LC-1 is that of the big three good but reasonable priced speaker wire manufacturers, I tend to prefer mogami for interconnects, canare for speaker cables and belden for neither. The LC-1 is made from belden wire. This is only in my system, but I wanted to mention my reasoning to you.

I have not tried the signal cable that sfar recommends, but have read only great things about them. One pet peeve I have (not about signal cable in particular) is when the RCA that I am considering ends up being the lowest in their product line.

If you don't want to build your own there are a couple of good choices, Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 are about $40 for a 3-ft. pair.
 https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm
Signal makes good, reasonabley priced interconnects.
http://www.signalcable.com/analog_interconnects.html

If you do want to build your own I would concur with the recommendation of Mogami or Canare microphone cable with your choice of connector. I've made several pair from the Mogami with Vampire RCAs and am quite happy with them.

I have both canare and mogami interconnects (and cardas and others)..

I recommend that for about $45 a pair that you purchase interconnects made with mogami W2534 neglex quad microphone cable from Markertek. They will build them to your specifications, length and connectors, and I like the Connectronics Deluxe RCA Plug with Spring. I like this RCA connector because I like having spring to relieve tension on the RCA jack, but there are others to chose from..

Either build your own, buy used or spend a little more. Your gear is nice enough to justify better that’s for sure but understand not wanting to go crazy. If you don’t know how to use a soldering iron then you really need to expand your budget a little or just keep what you have. If you build your own spend a little on the ends or you’re wasting your time, then look at Canare, Belden or Mogami bulk mic cable. 

https://m.markertek.com/product/nf2cb-2/neutrik-nf2c-b-2-rca-professional-connector-pair

https://m.markertek.com/product/l-4e6s-bk/canare-l-4e6s-star-quad-microphone-cable-by-the-foot-black...

The Canare comes in multiple colors if you want something more fun than black. I have the purple on my drum kit and love the color. The Canare is a very nice cable; not the most revealing but it does nothing wrong either. You won’t feel you’re missing anything but the top end is a little rolled off. No cable in this price point is going to be extremely revealing. The pro studio mic cables are very good but just because they are widely used in studios don’t buy into there’s nothing better than what’s in the studio because that’s not true. Studios use this stuff because it’s indeed very good, flexible and durable, shielded but it’s cheap and gets the job done. Really easy to build your own and if you have questions on the construction there’s plenty here to walk you through it.

Anti-Cables, Kimber PBJ. Used Kimber Hero if you get lucky.

Diy from Parts Connexion using Eighman bullets and Connex silver.