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Shopping for Interconnects

Now that I am building two, two speaker stereo systems in my home, I will need some more IC's.  Here are the pieces of equipment I will be using.  Unsure yet about how to pair the amps to speakers but will try both with each pair of speakers to see which sounds best with which pair.

Denon PMA 520  Integrated amp circa 1989
Yamaha A 500 Integrated amp circa 1984
Yamaha S300 CD player.  Two years old.
Onkyo TA-RW311 Cassette Deck.  circa 1997
Carver TX 11a Tuner.  circa 1986

Budge for a pair of IC's is under $100 for each pair.  Will likely buy two.

Currently have Audio Art IC3's which are nice.  Going to still use them.  Also have a pair of Blue Jeans Cable LC-! which I plan to keep.  

Any suggestions?  Not exactly sure how to shop for cables of this nature since each manufacturer seems to claim different sonic characteristics for each cable.  


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sfar
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I agree with @firstgrowth's suggestion about making your own, and it's satisfying to have done it.
I've made quite a few pair and found the Vampire Wire RCAs to be the easiest to work with and very good quality. Those, along with some shrink-wrap tubing and some Mogami microphone cable, available in bulk online, make a very nice pair of cables at a very low price.
If you don't want to do the work yourself, these look like a good alternative.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00B86GD2O/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all
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sfar
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I can't see the list of cables in your response but --
I've used the Mogami microphone 2549 cable with good results.
I can't say they're ideal, I haven't tried every cable out there and my standards may be lower than yours, but Mogami cables of all kinds, microphone, interconnect and speaker, are studio standards, very well made and easy to work with.
https://markertek.resultspage.com/search?w=mogami+microphone+cable&sitepref=1
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