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What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ?

I admit that I'm a cable junkie. It started for me back in 1979 when I changed out some Monster Cable zip-type speaker cables for the then new MIT MH-750 Music Hose. Ever since then, I have always been obsessed with cables( interconnects,speaker cables, and power cords)I keep telling myself that my system is fine, but ultimately I yearn to try out a new power cord to see if I can get that last bit of resolution. Any other cable nuts like me, or do I have a unique problem that a real audiophile doesn't have.
sherod
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Monster Reference 2 Interconnects did it for me about 10 years ago.

Although less and less, I still use this cable as reference til this day since it is a Reference cord after all.

Actually, Sherod, I think I am a bit more of a freak than you are. I think I am turning into an AUDIOphile in its purest form. I think my system is good enough and doesn't need tweaking anymore. Yet, I ENJOY tweaking! It's FUN!

After finals, I am going to make my own interconnects and AC cords. FUN FUN FUN!!
stuartbranson
183 posts
 
Heard about Yamamura cables as "the best" from one guy and began to search for them. I went through many more affordable cables until I got them. Since, they have remained as components have come and gone. Now I'm onto power cords... still find it hard to believe how a PC can do so much.
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albertporter
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Peterson Engineering, put in my system in 1978 by Steve McCormack who would soon be of “Mod Squad” fame.

I couldn’t believe that a new cable could make such a difference, after all I had brand new Belden RCA‘s, fresh from the blister pack.

Today my long run of Purist Dominus RLS is nearly equal value to that 1977 system. I need to get even with McCormack somehow :^)
mfkeleher
146 posts
 
In my case it wasn't so much a cable as a company. My audiophile friends were experimenting, but I couldn't really hear much difference. The Cable Company recommended Purist Audio cables for my Linn and Krell gear. The difference was huge. I later compared many cables in that system and never bettered the PADs. Later they got me on power cords with some Synergistic Research references.
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
Mapleshade. I thought the whole subject was sorta silly, tho I had Kimber KCAGs and AQ Diamond and Lapis cables just to be sure I wasn't missing anything. The first Mapleshades I tried were such a revelation (and so relatively inexpensive that I sold the Kimbers and AQs for more than the Mapleshades cost) that I kept looking for "more," which led to Omega Mikros (same designer). Where it will end, God only knows.
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