Looking for really fine cables at really low price

Mitch2,
The "extra warmth" was the phrase I used to describe the sound of the lower mids before the Belden IC's were fully broken in. I had become concerned since I had well over 100 hours on them and still hearing in my system on many classical orchestral recordings, the lower strings sounding thick and muddy. At about 150 hours the muddiness cleared up and the Belden IC's have continued to sound clear and clean but with a rich and natural tone throughout the frequency range.

Today I put the Kondo KSL-LP interconnects back in and I do appreciate the added transparency depth and detail they provide. A truly beautiful deep musical presentation. As I have mentioned above I dont think I will buy the Kondo IC's, but ultimately I would like to find interconnects that have the musicality and tone of Belden but also a bit more transparency and deeply nuanced sound of Kondo. My system is capable of all of the above musical traits and it makes sense for me to look for an interconnect that I would be 100% satisfied with.

Belden IC's have continued to sound clear and clean but with a rich and natural tone throughout the frequency range.

Thanks Jetrexpro for the clarification. That is pretty much what I look for in all my components and cables so I look forward to finishing the IC project. After all the work you have put in, you are obviously very in-tune with the sound of your well-done system, and what you are looking for. Good luck finding the right ICs.

Mitch2, Jetrexpro,
Agreed, appreciate all the experimenting, good luck and let us know what you find out. Best, Rob

Mitch2, understand your thoughts but simply want to point out all connectors have a sound. I don't use binding post either as they also hurt the sound. I just use them as a clamp to hold the wires. That is the best connection.

I forgot to mention that I bought some of the last 7ft pieces of WE16ga that tajacobs has for sale on eBay so I can have some on hand for more speaker cable and to expiriment with making interconnects out of them. Grannyring, have you tried that yet? Regards Jet.