Using older cable in new system? Need advice...


Hi,

I'm in the process of refreshing a system that I originally bought in the mid to late 1980's and need some cabling advice.

I sold my Vandersteen 2C's on Audiogon and will likely replace them with either Quad 21L's or Totem Arro's. I have a SOTA Sapphire (currently being refurbished at SOTA) for analog and just purchased a Music Hall 25.2 CD player for digital. My amp is a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated with 70 watts/channel. I also have a Tandberg tuner.

My 20-year-old speaker cables are Monster Cable Powerline 2, which was "pretty good stuff" back in the day. Should I keep on using it? Is this something that deteriorates over time? Also, in my new, much smaller listening room, the lengths are way, way longer than I need... would I want to have this cabling resized at a dealer?

Thanks for any and all enlightenment you can offer!

Peace!
rebbi

Showing 1 response by samhar

Go to needledoctor.com you can see prices for Audioquest and Kimber Kable then go to used speaker cables on Audiogon, there are good deals to be had! If your willing to spend 2-400 you will improve your sound more than you imagine. The I/C from CDP to PRE is also an important upgrade, maybe more important!