What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly?


What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly?

I have a good quality system and I am looking for better quality cables for all connections.

Denefrips Terminator DAC
Martin Logan Expression ESL 13A Electrostatic Speakers
Pass Labs 260.8 Mono Amplifiers (2)
PS Audio BHK PreAmplifier
Sony Blu Ray UBP-X800 CD/Blu Ray Player
SVS PB 16-Ultra Subwoofer

I am looking for good quality cables sold directly to the consumer.  I am currently using no name, better than average, cables.  I refuse to pay the 100 % markup of the better line of cables that are sold through middlemen.  I am looking for companies that have had very good reviews.

This is NOT to be a discussion as to whether or not cables make a difference.

Thank you to all for your assistance.
 

firstonetallguy

Hi Everyone,

I have gone over all of the responses to this date, 07/04/22, and have spreadsheeted the results that you see below.  These are the company names with the quantities of mentions.  I thought this might be helpful to others who are following this discussion.

If you have not contributed and want to add your agreement or disagreement with any of the names listed, please do so and I will adjust accordingly in the future.

Please remember I am only interested in businesses that sell their cables directly to the public.

Thanks again for all your wonderful help.

 

 

COMPANY                      
                       
Analysis Plus 1                    
Anti Cables 1 1 1 1 1            
Art Cable 1 1                  
Audience 1 1 1                
Audio Art 1 1                  
Audio Envy 1 1 1 1 1            
Audio Sensibility 1 1 1 1              
Audiomica 1                    
Auditorium23 1                    
Benchmark 1                    
Black Cat Cable 1                    
Blue Jeans Cable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
Cable Company 1 1 1 1              
Cerious Technology 1 1                  
Chin Audio Labs 1                    
Cullen Cable 1 1 1 1              
Custom House 1                    
Darwin 1 1                  
Dueland 1                    
EWA Cables 1                    
Gig Harbor Audio 1                    
Grover Huffman 1 1 1 1              
HaveInc 1                    
High Fidelity 1                    
Iconoclast 1 1                  
Lavri Cabl 1                    
Morrow Audio 1 1 1 1 1            
Purist Audio 1 1 1                
Raven Audio 1 1 1                
Requisite Audio 1                    
Shindo 1                    
Signal Cable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1        
Silnote Audio 1 1 1                
Silversmith Audio 1 1 1 1 1            
Sommer Cables 1                    
Stager Sound 1                    
Tempo 1                    
Townshend 1                    
Transparent Cable 1 1 1                
Triode Wire Labs 1 1 1 1 1            
Wavetouch 1                    
Wisdom Cable 1                    
Wywires 1                    
Zavfino 1 1 1 1              
Zenwave 1 1                  
                       
                       

You can add Danny at GR Research to your list for power and speaker cables (speaker cables are kits, or you can pay him to build for you).

I just received three power cables from him last week, and am pretty impressed thus far. Seems a good deal for the $ as well. 

You also have Mad Scientist Audio.

 

I have his Nitro Nano, Nano and Basic power cables.

Also have the Black Magic USB cable.

Zavfino for sure. Multiple tiers at various price points. Pick your “poison”. Top performance for each price point.

I also have:

Audience AU24sx RCA cables. My best cable purchase. Runs from Dac to amp.

Black Cat Silverstar 75 Mk1 from my clock.

Blue Jeans I2S cable and ethernet cable.