recommended speaker cables and interconnects

@tom2015 😊. Yes they have, I don’t know why they don’t come up? Maybe they aren’t into marketing. 

The very worst and best interconnect I have ever heard on my system were Nordost. I tried a ~Frey 2…. Did not get along at all with my system… but the Odin 2 interconnects were absolutely heaven. Unfortunately, they cost a bit more than I could justify ($17K).

You have to match the interconnect’s likely character… then try it. It usually works… sometimes it doesn’t.

I have tried Blue Jeans… I do not recommend them. I found them comparable with what comes with your component.

@tom2015 

I have a number of Straight Wire interconnects. These were recommended as my first high end interconnects. My first big purchases of interconnects. The sounded terrible in my system. This was forty years ago. I bought something else… anyway these have been in my cabinet for decades. A couple years ago, I found them. I thought, “what the heck… let’s see what these sound like?” I put the in to my system today… I was shocked.. they sounded fantastic… better than my DH Labs, Cardas, Harmonics,…. And a couple others. 
 

Analysing what happened. Well, in general, the interconnects were too good for my system. My system had too much high frequency hash and distortion and my speakers were extremely fast and accurate which these very high quality interconnects transmitted thorough the system. I ended up putting warm copper interconnects and a really warm Cardas speaker cable to make my system sound good. 
 

‘Thirty five or so years later… I imagine the current versions are probably amazing. I would check them out.

What components do you have and what do you think of the current sound quality?

I have had experience with MIT, Kimber, Monster and Audio Quest. You should be able to do much better. I will admit not being impressed with the lot.

Consider used. Typically they will sell at 1/2 the cost. Look here or at usedcables.

DH Labs, WireWorld, Cardas and Transparent are highly regarded dependable brands. If your equipment is not really high end, Cardas can be a really good choice… it tends to be a touch warm and detailed so it can really complement many systems. The advantage of not buying the “interconnect of the month” which everyone is raving about is products from established companies have a house sound. You can move up their product lines to get better performance without going through the huge effort of evaluating overall sound qualities again. 

When I had a much more modest system I used a lot of Cardas and now it is all Transparent… with an AudioQuest power cord on my amp.