Reasonable but not outragious interconnects

Take a good look at the Cabledyne website. Excellent high end cables for reasonable asking prices. Ed Bowman, owner, is a gentleman, knowledgeable and very helpful.

I am on day two with the audioquest black mamba ii interconnects. My initial impression is I don’t like them in my system. They seem to mute the midrange a bit which is what I probably like the most about these speakers. I ordered the Audioquest silver extreme’s. I will try them and then return what I don’t like. 

For the purpose of this conversation, I was telling a long time audiophile friend of mine I am surprised these take away from the midrange considering I was running the cheap monoprice interconnects. Figured they would be at least as good in that regard. Of course there is burn in and I have only played them for a few hours but can definitely hear the difference.  

I went ahead and bought the audioquest black thunder ii subwoofer cables because they seemed like a good deal and I think copper is probably the way to go for subs. Just hooked those up so we will see if I notice any difference. Actually as I am listening right now the bass does sound smoother but that might be premature. 

Hi Meh03,

You have good components and speakers. What you put into your system is what you will get out of it. Ideally one wants to spend 25-30% of their budget on cabling. By utilizing inexpensive cables you are not realizing the full potential of what your system can produce. I would say maybe 35% as it stands now.

Think of your cables as the veins and nervous system. The power cables transport energy - the blood of your system.  Interconnects and speaker cables transform Information. The less quality the cables the less energy and information you will have. 

You do not have to spend a fortune, but you do have to be realistic and as you are already doing - research 

There are a lot of good suggestions provided to already - but check this out as a resource before you invest. 

https://www.thecableco.com/lending-library

Let me know if you need balanced cables...

"Ideally one wants to spend 25-30% of their budget on cabling."

Sounds excessive but your money your ears.