Budget-Friendly Interconnects?

Thank you all for the kind suggestions so far. Warm, harmonically rich, without sacrificing much detail.

Has anyone compared the Acoustic Zen WOW and Harmonic Technology Truthlink?

Schubert, I appreciate the offer and is one I will consider.

Thank you.

NuForce's IC700, if it's still available. I believe an RCA-equipped 1 meter pair retails for ~$200.

I use the IC700's in my own system between the poweramp and DAC, where it replaced a DIY solution with Mundorf's teflon insulated 0.5mm Silver/gold wires. To my ears the IC700 simply sounds more right in comparison, at least in my setup, lending a more coherent, colorful, dynamically astute, and see-through presentation. Particularly the midrange seems to have gotten new life as if weawing together the presentation as a whole more naturally. Not mid-heavy, mind you, but shying away from the more laid-back and slightly "incongruent" imprinting here from the Mundorf solution. Nothing has been sacrificed in the department of resolution, micro details, or transparency where silver wires usually shine - something that surprised me, to be honest...

Whether the IC700's qualities translates to your setup and taste I know not, but a recommendation nonetheless :)

Canare lv-61, lv-77
or
Blue jean lc-1
or
belden 82859 (signal cable)

The original AZ Matrix Refs (NOT the Ref II) should be in your budget used and do what you're looking for.

Just an update: I got a good deal on a pair of Cardas Golden Reference IC's and they are in every way superior to what I had previously. In my system, everything I was looking for and more.