Boxster12;
I explained above, but I’ll do it again. Until your post, I had never seen Interconnects abbreviated “IC”. I am a retired semiconductor design engineer by profession. When I see the term IC, I don’t naturally think of interconnects, I think of operational amplifiers, DAC chips, microprocessors, etc. So I misunderstood when you attributed a comment about “cheap ICs” to me.
And yes, mycablemart interconnects are cheap and cheerful. They are also well made and use real RG59U cable. They also seem to be more neutral than other brands like Cardas, AudioQuest, and Kimber. I’ve “tested“ this by listening to the un-balanced output of a “mk II” Yggdrasil to a Stax SRM-700T ESL amplifier and a pair of Stax SR-009s ESL ‘phones and swapping out the interconnects. Since the mix I listened to of jazz and classical symphonic recordings were recorded, live, by me, I know what they sound like. Not terribly scientific, I agree, but since nobody knows why cables alter the sound, I know of no scientific way to test them.Remember, I am not advocating that cables have no sound. I’m advocating that the sound that they impart on the sound of one’s system is unpredictable, the result of attenuating some portion of the audio spectrum, and because of that, they are snake-oil and a monumentally poor value. While, most certainly, YMMV, I choose not to open that particular Pandora’s box.
