Looking for really fine cables at really low price

After Six days the extra warmth has gone away.

Please explain "extra warmth" since I thought these IC cables display an inherently warm midrange similar to the WE speaker cables. I have the speaker cables in my system now and I am trying to find time to make the ICs but need to decide which connectors to use. I have both the very good Furutech FP601/602 (G) and the pretty good Vampire XLR connectors here that I could use. At $170/pr the Furutechs seem like overkill compared to the cost of the wire, but they are the best sounding XLR connectors I have heard so will be worth it if there is a chance I will keep these cables in my system for good and, based on what I am hearing from the speaker cables, that is possible.

Mitch2, I am an avid DIY builder with gear and wire. I know you want to use the better connectors, I get it, but please use the same Switchcraft connectors that usually come with these Use the same exact build, connecting the shield on both ends etc...

This stuff is magic as is and proven. "Better" connectors will not necessarily equal better sound. We have a proven recipe here that is so special.

The WE wire sounds better without spades....just bare wire. I tried both. If you must use connectors, then I fully understand. They still sound wonderful with them as you know.

The Belden cable with the Switchcraft connectors just plain works. Major Mojo stuff here! Like tomato and bacon! Like bacon and eggs! Like bacon and anything really....

I may be mistaken but the reason for terminating untinned copper wires is because it is susceptible to oxidation which does affect the sound. If they're tinned just use the bare wire with no worries

Mitch2,
Seriously, take Grannyring's advice. Shirokazu Yazaki-san, the superb Japanese designer and builder who alerted us all to this WE and Belden spent years experimenting with different combinations of of wires, connectors, solder and so forth; just keep it simple, save the $$$$ and apply the $$$$ elsewhere. This combo is the magic bullet. Jetrexpro was merely talking about burning in time, more for him than me. Jeff Day and about 99.33% of the folks swear by this combo. Don't over complicate something that is really simple and inexpensive. Give it a chance to work for you. Best, Rob.

Well an update on the mighty Belden cable with Switchcraft connectors used as a digital cable. The cable only has 10 hours on it thus far. It replaced an outstanding Sablon Audio Panatela pure silver twisted wire digital cable in natural fibers. I purchased it used from a Six Moons reviewer. He used it as his reference for several years. This Sablon cable is outstanding and made my Yamamoto dac really sing compared to other digital cables.

With only 10 hours the $30 Belden is no slouch already. The stage grew wider and taller. The sound is more full bodied and meaty. The music sounds more natural and flowing. The detail retrieval is not quite as good just yet, but we will see after some 50-100 hours. If it continues to open up like my last two sets of BeldenICs, then the mighty Sablon will find a new home.

I find the Belden cable so beautiful sounding. They make the music flow with a musical ease and smoothness that escapes most big dollar cables. They do sound a little muddy at first in the mid to lower bass, but that also resolves itself after full burn in.

Glare. I hate it. Glare is something the Belden cable seems to hate more than I. It is not there....smooooooth!