Stramons1:
I'm in the same boat. I just got myself a great preowned Marantz SACD universal player and purchased my first 4 SACDs. I need to purchase 6 two foot long each interconnects myself probably tomorrow. I've been researching this on-line tonight. I don't want to spend much money at all since I didn't plan on this and the budget is blown right now. I didn't know when I purchased the player that 6 interconnects are required for my AV Receiver (Rotel) to decode the SACD signal. I think you're in the same situation with your NAD AV receiver. The brands of interconnects are endless (Audioquest, Tara Labs, Nordost, Monster, Blue Jeans, Kimber, etc). I just don't know enough about the subtle differences as to which ones would work better with a particular brand AVR. Right now I just have 6 crappy cables (those thin ones that come in the box with every CD player or DVD player you buy) connected and I have to admit the sound is pretty darn good. It can only get much better with some decent Phillips interconnects at the Walmart or Best Buy. I don't want to spend any more than approx $60.00 for the 3 pair. I'll see when I get there.
It comes down to how much you want to spend and how much you believe spending a great deal on 3 pair of interconnects will make that much difference. This remains the ageless debate about audio cables !! All the best.
I'm in the same boat. I just got myself a great preowned Marantz SACD universal player and purchased my first 4 SACDs. I need to purchase 6 two foot long each interconnects myself probably tomorrow. I've been researching this on-line tonight. I don't want to spend much money at all since I didn't plan on this and the budget is blown right now. I didn't know when I purchased the player that 6 interconnects are required for my AV Receiver (Rotel) to decode the SACD signal. I think you're in the same situation with your NAD AV receiver. The brands of interconnects are endless (Audioquest, Tara Labs, Nordost, Monster, Blue Jeans, Kimber, etc). I just don't know enough about the subtle differences as to which ones would work better with a particular brand AVR. Right now I just have 6 crappy cables (those thin ones that come in the box with every CD player or DVD player you buy) connected and I have to admit the sound is pretty darn good. It can only get much better with some decent Phillips interconnects at the Walmart or Best Buy. I don't want to spend any more than approx $60.00 for the 3 pair. I'll see when I get there.
It comes down to how much you want to spend and how much you believe spending a great deal on 3 pair of interconnects will make that much difference. This remains the ageless debate about audio cables !! All the best.