If you're any good with a soldering iron, I'd buy some Duelund 20ga tinned copper wire and some RCA plugs and make my own. It will take about 1/2 hour and IMHO they'll kick the crap out of anything in their price range. http://www.partsconnexion.com I'm using the $4 switchcraft RCA's. This setup is the true snake oil antidote.
Shopping for Interconnects
Now that I am building two, two speaker stereo systems in my home, I will need some more IC's. Here are the pieces of equipment I will be using. Unsure yet about how to pair the amps to speakers but will try both with each pair of speakers to see which sounds best with which pair.
Denon PMA 520 Integrated amp circa 1989
Yamaha A 500 Integrated amp circa 1984
Yamaha S300 CD player. Two years old.
Onkyo TA-RW311 Cassette Deck. circa 1997
Carver TX 11a Tuner. circa 1986
Budge for a pair of IC's is under $100 for each pair. Will likely buy two.
Currently have Audio Art IC3's which are nice. Going to still use them. Also have a pair of Blue Jeans Cable LC-! which I plan to keep.
Any suggestions? Not exactly sure how to shop for cables of this nature since each manufacturer seems to claim different sonic characteristics for each cable.
Denon PMA 520 Integrated amp circa 1989
Yamaha A 500 Integrated amp circa 1984
Yamaha S300 CD player. Two years old.
Onkyo TA-RW311 Cassette Deck. circa 1997
Carver TX 11a Tuner. circa 1986
Budge for a pair of IC's is under $100 for each pair. Will likely buy two.
Currently have Audio Art IC3's which are nice. Going to still use them. Also have a pair of Blue Jeans Cable LC-! which I plan to keep.
Any suggestions? Not exactly sure how to shop for cables of this nature since each manufacturer seems to claim different sonic characteristics for each cable.
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I think the low-end of the Shunyata's, the Venom 3's, are a real step above the Blue Jeans IC's. The Venom 3's are about $100. Next are the $100 Silnote IC's, also excellent. Both these can be auditioned for a full-money back guarantee and worth your time listening to. These cables may reveal music in your system that budget IC's will not. Cheers. |
will62, I don’t own any Morrow Cables. They offer a trial period and start around $100 bucks. However many on this site use them and reviews on this forum claim that the MA4 is really good for the money. See the link provided and good luck. http://morrowaudio.com/audiophile-and-home-theater/interconnects N |
First growth. Found this. You may be on to something. http://jeffsplace.me/wordpress/?p=10696 Nope, never really tried to solder anything. Used the Liquid stuff that Radio Shack sold years ago to do some things. I would guess that would not work well for these kind of cables. There is a local shop where I am going to bring the Yamaha A 500 for service. Going to have it cleaned out and possibly some of the Capacitors replaced if they are defective or close to failing. Will ask the owner if this is something he would be willing to do. Where can I find the copper that is required for this? |
Nutty. Yeah, I've read some reviews on the Morrow IC's and they seem to be well received by all that have used them. The entry level cables get very good reviews. May try a pair in light of the fact I would prefer to own some different cables since they do seem to offer different characteristics in sound. Can mix and match and then purchase duplicates of any that I really like. |
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