Signal Cable or Audio Art Cable for best budget...


ICs for pre/pro to power amp, and from DVD-HD player's 5.1 output to 5.1 input on pre/pro? Or, possibly another brand?

I would like to go with Venhaus Pulsars, but I think that is going to run into too much money.

My current five ICs from pre/pro to power amp are a set I got from Blue Jeans Cable some time ago for $75 for the whole set. They are described as "Belden 1505F".

If I went with Signal Cable, I could go with the Analog 1($36/pair) or Analog 2($49/pair). With Audio Art, I would probably have to go with the IC-1, since the IC-3 runs $90/1 meter pair.

Or, I could pop for a little more dough for the front 3 channels, and go less expensive on the surrounds.

I don't know much about cables or how good the Belden 1505F is, but my sound watching DVDs seems a little flat. Dialog and surround info seem somewhat incoherent.

Should I expect an improvement over the Blue Jeans Belden with something like the Signal or Audio Art cables?
mtrot
You might also want to look at Wireworld Rainbow and AZ Action. They make a 5.1 bundle that works really well. I'm using the Wireworld on my Denon 2900 for SACD and DVD-A. Sounds good to me.
Well, I did get a set of Audio Art Cable IC-1, and I'm pretty impressed. They are noticably clearer than the Blue Jeans cable, and smoother than the Tara Labs RSC Prime. The mids are very nice, but the highs are still there nicely.

What has made the most difference in the clarity of the center speaker is that I took the spades off my Anti-cables, and just connected the bare wire. This made more difference than the IC cables. Now, dialog is very easy to understand, and vocals are great.

I also just picked up a set of the Speltz Anti-ICs, and I am going to compare them to the Audio Arts.
mtrot, how did the speltz interconnects compare to the ic-1's? have you thought abot giving the ic-3's a shot?