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mcintosh & big $ interconnects

heres the deal, ive tried a ton of gear & i mean a ton & for me the mcintosh sound is it.

im having a real hard time hearing any differences when i try different interconnects,i'll avoid naming any particular brands ive tried but its always the same.

my last interconnect fiasco was with a pair of $300 cables against a pair of el'cheapo cables & i heard nothing, not a single difference.

im just finishing up a new system & i want to try new cables with it but im clueless as to which models work with mcintosh.

please reccomend some cables for the following rig.

mcintosh c2200 tube preamp

mcintosh mc500 amplifier

mcintosh mvp841 cd/dvd

mcintosh mvp831 cd/dvd

cary audio tube dac

mcintosh xrt 22 speakers

my budget will be in the $1500 to $2000 price range(used).

thans, mike.
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theo
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Bigjoe as a Mc owner myself MX135/MC7205/MC352 I have settled on the Cardas Golden Reference's. I tried Harmonic Technology Truthlink, Audio Magic Excallibur, Tara Labs The One, Audio Quest Topaz, Copperhead, etc., Audio Purist, Cardas Nuetral reference and a few others I can't remember. The detail and soundstage imaging seemed the most acurate, natural and "analog freindly" with the Cardas GR's. I see them used on AG all the time for 450-600 used they are 920 new. You may want to give Paul a call at Usedcable.com 1-800-fatwyre and consult with him. A great guy and he will let you try differnt cables at no charge except shipping. Actually he let me try the Audio Purist and they were very close to the GR's.
You have a great system and the cables sill top it off.
rwwear
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Maybe there aren't any differences?
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bigjoe OP
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Rwwear, i suspect you are right, ive tried a few different interconnects & power cords & i couldnt hear squat! usually guys who cant hear a thing get their gear called unresolving or they have tin ears.

the bad thing is that i want to hear a difference even if its bad i still want to hear somthing,anything.

im gonna give fancy cables one last shot before i give up on it alltogether, i had many suggestions that were sent to me in private .

one things for sure if this time around i still dont notice anything im done with the whole idea for life no matter what.

thanks for all the suggestions everybody sent me in private & in the thread.

merry xmas, mike.
rwwear
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Good luck, I gave up long ago. It's not that I believe there are absolutly no differences at all but that they are so small they don't matter to me.
cdjorgen
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Hello.
I'm using a Mac MA2275 and Tannoy speakers. My cable choice
is TaraLabs. I was using Kimber Hero's and switched to TARA
RCS air series 2, new on market. Speaker cables are Tara Ref Bi-wire. My perception in the difference between Kimber and TaraLabs cabling is that there was just a "sparkle" in the music which Kimber didn't have. Maybe there should have been as the Tara's cost over 3X what the Kimbers do...
If any one is Interested I have 2 pr 1 meter RCA's kimber's
Heros just bought last summer. Have all packing and papers
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