Newbie balanced cable help

Thanks for the replies. I probably shouldn't have said "mid-level", because I guess I'm not really ready to do $100's on AQ or AZ cables (Thanks for taking the time, Zargon and Audphile1). I just pulled the trigger on the Ref2 so I'm still breathing hard (first big time piece for me); cable costs are gonna have to be kinda basic for a while.

Shadorne, that sounds like a pretty good solution, I'll look into it. Thanks.

Tripper, is that your website? That looks pretty good, too. Thanks.

Lrdmax, catch your breath and enjoy your ARC stuff. ARC is one of the best. Should be fun!!!! Anyway how much were you going to spend on cables now?

Audphile1, I just don't know. Like I said, I'm new to balanced electronics. I know I can go get basic RCA cables at Best Buy. I'm not sure what a comparable level of balanced cable is or what it would cost. I've had some people tell me that the quality of balanced cable is less important than the quality of RCA cables.

Also, my system is changing and I'm rearranging where components are going based on a remodel that I'm doing. So I'm not sure what the physical distances are going to be between components. That CD3 is a top-loader, so that and the turntable are going to be separated on their own shelves.

Bottom line, I don't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on cable and then in a few months find out that I made them too short. To answer your question, whatever "basic" is, that's what I'm going to spend. Shadorne (above) had a good idea. Tripper's suggestion of bluejeanscables.com also is worth checking out. Thanks.

The MAS Signature ICs on Audiogon now for $99.00 for a balanced 1 meter pair are a great deal. I've compared them to some much more expensive ICs and nothing has completely embarassed them. They are better than some ICs at double the price.

OK. I'm curious now how good that $30 balanced cable from bluejeanscables.com could be.