Need advice. I have 1500 albums that I would like to transfer on the Mini Discs, so I am looking for the quality Interconnect cables or I should go with inexpensive cables. Budget is $500.00. I would really appreciate your opinions.
Don't spend the money for mini discs. The quality doesn't justify the expense. $500 is way too much. Entry level AQ or Kimber (or whatever you prefer), is more than enough, and probably overkill.
I agree with Zd542. Beyond the issue of sound quality, the mini disc format's time has come and gone. When you can't find a single new mini disc player on amazon.com you know it's a technology that isn't being supported any longer by manufacturers or users. You would have spent weeks or months doing the digitization, only to have to transfer everything to a different format sometime in the near future.
We don't know your source. Entry level AQ or Kimber may not be enough. For $500, if you buy used, there are many. It's impossible to say which one will be the best overall. If I wanted to do something like that, I would compare Mogami, Nirvana and the best Purist for up to $500 and see if it makes a difference. Probably will, the question is how much. New cables usually need 100-200 hours of burn-in time to fully open up.
I have SONY MDS-JA 555 ES Mini Disc recorder which I can stack against any NAD, Marantz, Naim Nait CD Players. Tested and proven. That's why I have no problem to invest the money in the quality interconnects.
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