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The little guys?

I'm looking at upgrading the cables in my system, eventually it will be all the Interconnects, PC's, and speaker cable. Right now I have several different brands but like to stick with one for everything.

I was wanting to know what (small) companies would you suggest out there that would be great value, excellent quality and outperform some of the bigger brand name companies. We all know you pay for the middle man markup. I do have interest in JPS Labs, MIT and Virtual Dynamics if I was going with one of bigger name brands. But I want to seek all my alternatives.

I know there are a lot of companies out there that sell directly like Signal, BlueJean, Morrow, Grover Huffman, Anti-Cables, and DH Labs to name a few. Who do you like and why? My gear is Bryston combined with Gallo Ref 3.1 speakers. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
darrenmc
nyctc7
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A lot of their stuff is not cheap, but it is manufacturer direct, that is Ridge Street Audio. http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fb.pl?user=Ridgestreetaudio I bought one of their interconnects and really like it.

I have also bought from http://www.usedcable.com and have had good experiences.
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hi5harry
185 posts
 
Zu cable and Ridge Street Audio are great choices. I really want to add Morrow speaker cables to your list. I bought some sp3 speaker cables and am blown away by the sound ( or lack of it.
tholt
552 posts
 
47 Labs OTA Stratos. Complete kit to do your entire rig for ~$700 (IC's and speaker wire, not PC). Interesting stuff of the 'less is more' camp. I use it and like it a lot.
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yesrogers
18 posts
 
Analysis Plus, three (I think) U of Michigan science grads. Check out the website, my Bryston sings with these cables. If you call you might find the president answers the phone, I cannot say enough good things about company or products.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
i think you need to do your own research. try as many as you can without thinking that one brand will be better than another. call the designers and ask them what they think their cables are doing, or not doing. if you don't trust them, buy at random, given your budget.
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