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Mid-Fi Interconnects?

Don't forget Blue Jeans Cable budget line, Tartan Cable (although their first line is reasonably priced for the components used).
 
toxcrusadr said:
Thanks Deli, with the Anti-Cables I think I was looking at the interconnects and you were quoting the speaker cables.
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The interconnects are what I was looking at- but they start at 1ft lengths- kinda short for many applications. Your pricing was right on for the more practical 2ft. And longer.

Cheers!
 
I have picked up some very good mid-fi interconnects at GW brand new (or like new)
For example some Audioquest cables (5 pairs for $10) or two nice Monster cables (brand new, $10 each, probably 3-4x that from a store)
 
I've been quite happy with monoprice for everything. The price on HDMI cables can't be beat! I'm using these audio cables and they seem quite fine. The RCA's fit quite tightly which is good and bad (they could damage your gear trying to put them on and off). I think the cable itself is an RF cable like RG6. Sonically I can't tell them from other more expensive cables but I certainly haven't done any real comparos.
JimB

x_25 said:
I have been considering ordering some from Monoprice, just haven't gotten around to it yet. You can get them in lengths up to 50ft.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021803&p_id=2869&seq=1&format=2

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021803&p_id=2864&seq=1&format=2
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I would suggest looking at kabusa.com or soundoctor.com

I am a fan of mogami cable and they both use it. I would say the soundoctor's RCA connectors are higher quality than kab's but kab's are nice too.
 
do a search on member phideaux..he has an excellent DIY pro interconnects that are are just terrifics and around 10 bucks for 1 meter pair..YOU CAN NOT BEAT THEM
 
Another inexpensive cable suggestion is.....Heartland Cables.
Dan builds his Canare and Belden based interconnects and speaker cable like tanks.
Awesome build quality!
I own a set of his $30/1M pair Canare interconnects and a pair of $70/10' Canare 4S11 cable/Vampire banana plug speaker wire.


Steve
 
I have used blue jeans cable 1694A, not LC-1, with the Canare RCA plug for various IC applications and like them a lot.

Another cable that I used for interconnect is the Acoustic Research PRO II composite video cable which is basically a foil/braid shielded coaxial cable with a good gold plated RCA connector similar to those used in Monster 300 series cable. I used techflex to bundle them in pairs. These are on clearance for 0.99 for 3 feet and 3.49 for 6 feet each single cable. Here is the link:

http://www.accessories4less.com/mak...R100-PRO-II-COMPOSITE-VIDEO-CABLE-3-FT/1.html

I compared these to the blue jeans cable that I have connecting to the same source to amp configuration and could not hear much difference. I do like the Blue Jeans RCA connectors which are easier to work with especially if you connect and disconnect frequently. The RCA connector on the AR PRO II cable is a tad too tight.
 
I believe the AR PRO II cable is a RG/6 solid core. Shielding is two 95% copper braids and 100% aluminum Mylar® foil. This is very similar to the Belden 1694 configuration which several cable maker like Blue Jeans and Zebra used. The main difference will be the RCA connector.
 
^^ solid core tends to be a bitch to route neatly! Stiff as heck.

FYI, you can get ferrule type RCA ends at menards if you wanna diy some RG6 based cables on the cheap.
 
Jonesy09 said:
I guess I'm cheaper than most here. I've picked up a few Monster and a couple Audioquest for $5-$10 on CL but I've predominantly gone with these...

http://66.77.167.108/araccessories/...CATEGORY_AUDIO_CABLES&ACTION_PRODUCT_ID=AP030

...and their variants. They seem to be built similar to Monster but are much cheaper from a source on fleabay and they seem to stock just about any type they carry.
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Andy, we should see if we can get a deal on a roll of bulk cable and some ends... I would love to have custom length cables. Add that to the list of things audio related on the plate! lol
 
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