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

My speaker cables are NOS 1950’s Western Electric 10 awg bi-wire set. So, although they are as old as I am, fairly new to me. And yes, I like them.

Cardas Quadlink interconnects and 2 sets of matching speaker cables. Purchased from Audio Advisor 22 years ago for my Acoustat Model 6 system. Those speakers are gone but the cables and interconnects remain. Guess I don't have to worry about burn-in.

I have always been partial to Harmonic Technology speaker cables.  The Pro 9 line is constructed from solid core, multiple sized, fine gauge OCC wire that is individually insulated in foamed PE, cased, four cased wire groups twisted, and then stuffed with damping material in a tough PVC outer casing....what's not to like.  They have always sounded just right to me.  Currently running a full set of Pro 9 to the LF posts and a second full Pro 9+ to the MF/HF posts for an aggregate of 6 awg to each speaker.  That old wire sounds great.   

I've been using Chord Odyssey 2 speaker cable and some fairly thick Ixos interconnects (with stupidly tight RCA connectors) for my Marantz CD player and Creek amp. Been like that for about 10 years.

Everything else (minidisc/TV/Blu-ray/MP3) is either budget oxygen free copper or budget gold plated HDMI.

After previous decades of chopping and changing I can't see any reason to experiment any further.

Those changes, if there were any, (various Naim/Linn cables etc) didn't seem to anything particularly noticeable other than cause aggravation with routing.

The Naim cable was especially bad due to its thick and unwieldy dumb-bell shape and construction. To make matters Naim stipulated that each run had to be a minimum length of 3.5 metres or so.

The reason given was that the power amps 'needed' to see a minimum amount of inductance to operate properly. This may have come from their accounts dept for all I know.

Then there were the obligatory Naim DIN connectors and the dreaded SNAIC pre to power lead. 

Ah well, it's all behind me now.
A nightmare form the distant past...

Hi All,

Not sure if this exactly fits with this thread but here goes. I had been experimenting a little bit with less expensive, old interconnects as I know nothing about wire and do not want to spend a lot of money on a mistake.

I am running Thiel CS5i's and had been contacted by someone from the Thiel thread who commented they had good luck with Synergistic Research interconnects.

Maybe a year ago, I bought a pair of SR Alpha interconnects (circa early 2000's?) and installed them between my DAC and preamp. I thought they made an inprovement but not that much. 

Cutting to the chase, I bought another pair of SR Alpha interconnects and added this pair between my preamp and amp. This time around I paid attention to the arrows as these interconnects point the way the signal should go.

Oh my! Now I can hear an improvement for sure. Like a veil was lifted. More clarity, better depth of field, and better accenuated bass.

Just kinda of amazing for a $150 investment. Of course, now I am thinking about trying something better from the Synergistic line...

Thanks for listening, Dsper.