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Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables?

All,

I’m looking for a good set of cables (speaker, RCA interconnect, digital coax) to replace a bunch of cheap off-brand cables with something better from a single manufacturer.  I have annoyingly specific requirements: they need to be on the warm/forgiving side, need to be flexible at the connectors because of a tight fit behind by gear, and need to be reasonably priced (probably not more than around $250 a piece).  

I tried Kimber Timbre interconnects and Kimber VS21 coax, but this combo was too bright/leading-edge focused in my system. 
 

Thanks for any advice!

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dekay
5,663 posts
 

stereo5:

Previously difficult to source in smaller quantities Canare 4S11G (OFC) is now available @ the following link (45 cents more a foot).

This said, the original 4S11 (which I have) is not very flexible, but I do prefer it sonically to the older versions of Kimber  4VS/4TC I've used in the past.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/canare-4s11-g-now-available

 

DeKay

moto_man
379 posts
 

I would look at the Morrow Audio cables.  They are relatively inexpensive and I thought were very good for the price. I ended up moving to Shunyata Sigma's, which are outstanding, but significantly more expensive.

steakster
1,920 posts
 

Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables?

Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme is exactly what you've described.  They're relatively flexible - but not around tight corners.   The later models: Matrix & Luminscape are more detailed. Not what you want.

bassbuyer
226 posts
 

2 suggestions.  Blue Jeans cable and Pine Tree audio.  You can contact both directly and share your specific needs and they will work with you.  I have both and they’re excellent and within your price range. 

dtorc
50 posts
 

My two inexpensive, but very good cable companies are Signal Cable, and Pine Tree Audio. I just got three interconnects, a power cable, and high quality jumpers from Pine Tree, and they are all very good. At less than the cables they replaced, they are every bit as good. And Signal Cable made me some custom power cords, and very long RCA cables for my sub. Again, excellent quality for affordable prices.

I've never owned the real, real expensive stuff, and I suspect if I did, I'd understand why some of them are so pricey. So, I'm gonna make sure I never hear them...

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