Affordable cables

"Nonoise" mentioned "Music Metre" cables. Did that company go out out business or did some other entity take over and change the name? The company's web site went offline circa 2009. I'm asking because I rather like(d) them: attractive design and (as far as I can tell), decent sound relative to lower-end Kimber at least.

I think the guy who ran Music Metre moved on some time ago. I remember going to his place (I believe it was in Glendale, Ca.) and he made his cables in his work shed behind his house.

At the time, he had every connector made and spools of wire and sheathing. He'd lay the cables on his table, put a load on them, and measure them with his multi meter. Then, he'd flip them around and measure again. He did that with every cable he made and made sure that both runs ran in the same direction, before final assembly.

 He'd then mark them for directionality. And this was back in the early '90s. Seems some people were ahead of their time.

All the best,
Nonoise

Kimber PBJs are great interconnects that work well with a wide range of equipment. A classic.

Back to the original question...

There are many companies that have an entry level tier all the way through “reference”. If you have a good local hifi shop, see if you can audition/demo some cabling. Audio Advisor has a 30 day return on pretty much everything I believe. SVS has some good cabling, even the McIntosh rep at my local shop recommends them. Transparent Audio has a trade up system, Audioquest does some good cables as well. I’ve got a set of Blue Jeans Belden 5000 10g on my Marantz/B&W system that sounds great. Great cable for the $. So many options... I will say this, for all the cable craziness, hands down, the best cable “upgrade” I have made is power. Both at the wall outlet and cable. I was astounded by the absolute difference.