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Looking for cables for a "semi hi-fi" setup

tyttuut

tyttuut

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I have an audio setup that's pretty OK, but not serious audiophile level. I'm looking for some decent RCA cables to match. I mostly need them to connect the cassette deck and radio tuner to the amp, and maybe another pair from the cassette deck back to the amp for recording, so about 2 feet would probably do.

I don't have a ton of money to spend, so I don't want to go for solid gold cables that were blessed by the pope. Just some OK cables for an OK setup.

I was looking at these, but a lot of people complain that their thickness makes them very stiff and hard to route. There's also a few from AmazonBasics that are pretty well reviewed, but they only go down to 4 feet, which would probably result in unnecessary cable spaghetti.
 
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tyttuut said:
I have an audio setup that's pretty OK, but not serious audiophile level. I'm looking for some decent RCA cables to match. I mostly need them to connect the cassette deck and radio tuner to the amp, and maybe another pair from the cassette deck back to the amp for recording, so about 2 feet would probably do.

I don't have a ton of money to spend, so I don't want to go for solid gold cables that were blessed by the pope. Just some OK cables for an OK setup.

I was looking at these, but a lot of people complain that their thickness makes them very stiff and hard to route. There's also a few from AmazonBasics that are pretty well reviewed, but they only go down to 4 feet, which would probably result in unnecessary cable spaghetti.
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Those will work just fine. I''ve ordered many a housebrand cables from Amazon including HDMI and they all work great.
 
Decent quality and not breaking the bank--Mogami or Blue Jean's. Old Monsters are good, but I can't vouch for the current offerings.
 
3db said:
Those will work just fine. I''ve ordered many a housebrand cables from Amazon including HDMI and they all work great.
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I've got some Amazon cables too. I like them just fine, but all the RCA cables they have are longer than I need. I'd prefer not to have a bunch of extra length I have to deal with, but if I can't find a better alternative, I'll just deal with those.
 
I do have and am using those Monoprice cables. And yes, they are really stiff and difficult to route. They were fine in my old setups when I had the components all sitting on flat surface or another. But now, everything is in a cabinet and the cables practically push my receiver out of the cabinet.
 
savatage1973 said:
Decent quality and not breaking the bank--Mogami or Blue Jean's. Old Monsters are good, but I can't vouch for the current offerings.
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My bank in particular is that of a high school student, so those offerings pretty much cost most of my budget for a single pair of cables, unfortunately.
 
Since you’re just starting out on your audio adventure why not build your own?
All you need are some basic tools, the RCA ends and some cable.

You’ll get nice sound and the pride of building it yourself.
 
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