XLR cables for a reasonable price?


I've seen lots of threads where it is stated that balanced components are "insensitive" to cables.  Does this mean that spending a lot of money on XLR cables is probably unnecessary, as it offers no sonic benefit over cheaper XLR cables?

I would like some recommendations on reasonably priced XLR cables that give excellent sonic performance.  Thanks for your replies.

hifinut51

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I would like some recommendations on reasonably priced XLR cables that give excellent sonic performance.  

“Excellent sonic performance” doesn’t really help as we all hear and value certain sonic traits differently.  What specific sonic characteristics are you looking for, what are you using now, and what improvements would you like to achieve?  This critical info will get you much better recommendations more targeted to your specific tastes.

What a great system!  Congrats!!!  I’ve heard Ralph @atmasphere say here many times that if components follow the “balanced standard” (that I think he may have a patent for) the differences between interconnects becomes basically nonexistent and take him at his word.  Hopefully he’ll chime in here for the final word/recommendations.  If true as advertised you could potentially save a bundle on wires, and wouldn’t that be a nice little bonus?

One of the problems, and a big one, as I see it, is Ralph’s endless self-advertising. As if there were no other good amps or engineering approaches. There are, and many.

+1 @jim2 and I couldn’t disagree more with this statement from @inna. There are others here who are well known for shamelessly promoting their own products while also denigrating competitive products and even recommendations from other members (that I do think should be grounds for expulsion here), but Ralph is most certainly not one of them and to even imply such a thing is just utterly foolish.