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Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy?

Although I have changed my system substantially in recent years, I still retain both speaker cables and interconnects that I have owned for ~15 years. I use Audience Au24E speaker cables and RCA interconnects, and a Virtual Dynamic David XLR between my DAC and integrated amp.

The system sounds very good, and I am not inclined to make any changes to the cables. Having said that, though, if anyone has used similar cables and found big steps forward without breaking the bank, I'd be interested to read about your experiences.

More broadly, I would enjoy hearing about cables that other members have stuck with for years.
whipsaw
hombre
87 posts
 
Interconnects; bottom of the line Audioquest , about ten years old. Sound excellent.

speaker wire; Rocketfish 16 guage oxygen free stranded copper, ten years old. Sound excellent.

read once the reason changing wires sometimes improves the sound is because when you change wires it cleans the mating surfaces of the connections and "re-tightens" the connection. The rest is placebo.
Nothing to do with the wire.




paulcreed
539 posts
 
Still using Audience au 24 speaker cables and interconnects, TG Audio (Bob Crump) speaker wire and a silver power cord, Tara Labs The One power cables. JPS Labs Superconductor digital cable, power cords and interconnects, Acoustic Zen silver ref 2's, XLO signature interconnects and power cables.

I've not felt the need to buy more and don't even know why, I guess they do there job and sound good. I'll spray them down with detox it every year or so.



erik_squires
15,881 posts
 
Once I started making my own IC's from DH Labs pure silver, shielded I never ever looked back at boutique IC's again.


https://www.partsconnexion.com/DHLABS-57225.html
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thyname
3,107 posts
 
I am using very old cables from way back in January 2021. Extremely happy with them. I wouldn’t exchange them with anything made in March 2021 😂😂
uncleang
107 posts
 
Mine are so old they're called patch cords and zip cords.
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