Can anyone identify these cables?

[Progman1]

I just picked up a pair of Macintosh MC 30’s.
The seller also included several high end cables.
Can anyone identify these cables?
Thanks in advance.

 

[crn3371]

The lack of fancy heat shrink at the terminations and lack of labeling lends me to think they might be diy.

 

[Progman1]

I’m hoping someone recognizes the wire, they appear to be quality cables.
I have a pair of Kimber Kables KCAG cables that are unmarked.

 

[ecluser]

Connect the cable between a turntable and a phono preamplifier. Crank the amplifier's volume control to maximum and grab the wire in your hands. You will see if they are good. Any good wire will be humfree, and bad wires will pick up hum. For me, they look like weaved unshielded wires.

 

[Blue Shadow]

To me they look like Kimber Kable PBJs made a bit differently

Hard to tell exactly what the wiring scheme is with the cables just piles up like that, red and black together.

 

[GChief]

^^^ There is always at least one in a cable thread

 

[JoeESP9]

At one time I had a bunch of Kimber Silver Streak IC's. They look like PBJ's except for the Silver wire being visible through the insulator. They were also unlabeled.

And what exactly is it, you can contribute by analysing the photo!?

Perhaps you would feel more comfortable over at ASR. They measure everything, rarely listen to anything and rely entirely on specs.

Hydrogen Audio is another site that is composed of ASR types. They've been around longer than ASR and are just as overly concerned with specs.

As for the IC's in question, I'm inclined to think they're DIY. They look nothing like any commercially available IC's I'm aware of. Of course, It's possible I'm wrong in my thinking. However, after 50+ years of involvement with audio I've seen and heard a lot of gear.

 

[GChief]

State specifics about the cables in question!

Thats our point

 

[GChief]

Agree!...state them, then.

The specs do not matter in this thread, OP asked for an identification. You are the one that seems concerned about it.

 

[JoeESP9]

Where I would feel more comfortable is non of your businnes! What you think of me, without knowing anything about me, is irrelevant! State specifics about the cables in question!

Tsk tsk. There's no need to become hostile. Your attitude Is not very conducive to a discussion. I'm fairly certain I don't want to know much about you.

As GChief just stated the thread is about cable identification not specs.

Oh well, another on the ignore list.

 

[mprince]

I couldn't care less about you adding me to your ignore-list! Screw me! - identify the cables and help OP about his concern!

Someone grabbed the wrong end of the soldering iron today

I agree that these look home-made, or they came from a random seller on AliExpress. I can't id them by the picture, did you (OP) do a google image lookup?

 

[ehoove]

I cleaned this up and a member has been banned from this thread for 7 days. Maintain Speed and heading.
Regards,
Jim

 

[JoeESP9]

For those who are interested, 8Audio has some very nice RCA IC's for very reasonable prices. Prices start at $11 for a 1-meter pair. Even after the shipping charge is included, they are still very reasonably priced.

I have two pair of their reference grade IC's. They use Silver wire have locking RCA's and cost $40 per 1 meter pair. They also have very reasonable prices for their speaker cables. I've been thinking of giving their Reference Grade - Silver Flat Ribbon Speaker Cable a listen. It's $120 for a 2.5-meter pair.

 

[Fairlane]

Forget the cables, lets see pics on the MC 30's!

 

[N0rt0n]

Google Lens would at least be able to serve up a stock image if these were commercially made. I also say DIY. You can buy bulk Kimber and other cable so they may be pretty decent.