Where to put best interconnects


Getting a new tube pre-amp into tube mono blocks with one CDP as front end.  Will have one very good, new set of XLRs to use and one good but much older set, each at 1.5M.  Where to place the better set?  

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When I used Transparent Audio Cables, they recommended source to pre as most important, then speaker cables, then pre to amp...I have generally found that to be true...

First-best option is between source and preamp.  

Second-best option is between preamp and amp. 

Easy to test.  Put your best at preamp to amp first. Listen for a while. 

Then, swap the best to the source-to-preamp, and notice the difference.  

I was always under the impression that your best interconnects should be between the amp and preamp.