If anyone knows the answer to this question, it is here at Audiogon, where many of us have come to love @grannyring's cables. I have an almost entirely Acoustic BBQ loom - power, DC, balanced IC, single-ended IC, USB, speakers, jumpers - and they absolutely have been the perfect cables for my system. Best value in hifi, in my experience, and Bill was always a responsive, friendly seller. It is our hobby's loss that Bill retired from it.
I now am replacing my integrated with new preamp and power amp separates, so I need to add a short balanced IC pair and a power cable. I have a spare power cable that I can use, so I only need to buy a new pair of .5 or 1m XLR'S. My initial thought is to keep the existing BBQ cables in the path despite the amplification change because I have zero reason to think they won't be terrific with what I am buying, so my first instinct would be just to buy another pair of BBQ from Bill if they were available. Because they are not, I posted "WTB" ads at Audiomart and AudiophileStyle.com, but I couldn't figure out how to post one here, where it might do the most good. Those ads haven't generated any responses.
Bill has recommended Zavfino Focus XLR's as a good replacement cable, but, at $357 for a non-returnable pair, that's a bit rich for my blood. (Only 1.5m and 2m cables are subject to Zavfino's trial program.) They also don't show up in the used market (although a pair sold at Audiomart the very morning of the very day that I first heard of Zavfino cables).
If you are using Acoustic BBQ's in your signal path, are there cables at about $200-250 that you have found to have a particular synergy with the rest of your loom? Alternatively, I am open to buying a used pair of Acoustic BBQ XLR'S, preferably Schroeder Method, so, if any of you has a lead to some, I would appreciate your passing it along.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
