Audio cables for older McIntosh equipment?

Onemug,

Good point!

Beleave it or not, I first had the old Mac gear with a Classe CA 300 amp. I loved the way it preformed. I then pulled out the Classe and added in the 2 old Mac's. My first reaction was, holy s#$t, this sounds sloppy. After leaving it hooked up for a while I really started to enjoy the sound. The best way to describe it was very tube like. After a week of listening, I have decided to keep it for a while. I am really starting to LOVE it, can't explain why. I can listen for hours on end, no fatigue at all. Oh well, maybe if I put back the Classe I would change back to it. For now though, the Mac's are staying.
Brian

Brian,
I started to look out for cables for my McIntosh's (C200 preamp, now MC402 power amp)last year. I took the advice of ljgj to try LAT International - and I am glad I did so. I finally recabled my whole system with LAT: their IC-20 digital cable, their IC-200 interconnect, and their SS-1000 speaker cable. Each of these cables is a bargain and betters much more expensive cables. Together with audiophile friends, I compared the IC-200 (250 $), for example, to a Transparent-interconnect (forget which one it was) that cost more than 800 $. The LAT won. I just tried Nordost Red Dawn-interconnects which sell for 400 $ a meter. Again, we handed it to the LAT. Only thing is, burn-in time takes long, at least one week of permanent burn-in. However, LAT offers a 45-day-trial period with money-back guarantee, go to their website www.latinternational.com

van den hul clearwater..its thin,it fits, and it sounds superb(neutral)..oh yeah..its not expensive