Looking for really fine cables at really low price

So no difference sonic wise re the vintage year? I noticed a range between 1940s (according to some, not verified) and 1999 in production years so the process for the core, the composition of and the process for the isolation could have changed. I am about to make a big buy so would appreciate more comments before I pull the trigger.

mac4805:  >>Does this audio journey ever end? 
I think this is a rhetorical question as the journey is more interesting than the destiny which is hard to define. Many have experiences close to "there", "here" but who knows it can even get better. A matrix like experience with signals fed directly to the brain maybe not fiction but science some day. Till then.... 

H/ear Here 

FWIW Jazz I bought 150' of the WE 14ga wire from soundofthetheater and it looks just like the 16ga I got from Jacobs except with more strands. Since my last post my wire has fully burned in and I love it. I prefer its sound over the Kimber and Groneberg I had.......for a fraction of the cost. 

So true, the journey is more interesting and never ending. After many years of chasing an audiophile sound of uber resolution, pin point imaging and chrystaline clarity I'm now enjoy real, musical sound so much more. Dynamics, tone and presence are my goal now. Thanks to Jim Smith and Jeff Day the WE and Belden cables came into my system and vintage tube amps and Altec speakers are next. Real sound at reasonable prices......I love it!

Hi mac,
I'm also purchasing Altec A5 or A7 VOTT. Definitely going to follow the mods implemented by Jeff Day. And remember both Day and Smith owe Shirokazu Yazaki-san for turning them on to the We16ga/Belden 8402 as well as Jeff's Arizona capacitor change and other such mods. Best, Rob

Hey Rob,

please keep us posted about your Altec experience. I'm still trying to decide between the A5, A7 or model 19. The 19's were made for home use but I'm leaning towards the VOTT's and would love to hear your experience with the Altec's.

Yes, I was very re-miss in not mentioning Yazuki-San. He has been so gracious in also giving me tube and capacitor recommendations for my Candela pre amp and my vintage RCA tubes should be here any day now. The blue and green cactus caps from Arizona Capacitors will be next. Then some vintage McIntosh tube Monoblocks along with the Altecs. Oh, how fun this is!!!!!!

Happy Holidays,

Tom

I think that Hitachi manufacture a lot of cables used in hifi