Mid-Fi Interconnects?

[whoaru99]

I believe Belden makes 1694F. Basically, it's 1694A with stranded core. Specs very slightly below 1694A, but that's the tradeoff for more flexibility.

If one likes STP type of cable instead of coaxial, Belden 1800F is excellent cable stock.

 

[Jonesy09]

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

I'm in! I know a guy who'd probably go in with us as well. The bulk-ier the cheaper. :thmbsp:

 

[westend]

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 ordered a couple of pairs of these. I want to see if solid core has any noticable attributes. Thanks for the heads up.

For those interested in DIY, I was shopping cable ends today, locally, and came across these Audioquest ends and these other no-name big-barreled jobs (attached).
I will probably mate the big-barrel generics with the IC wire I have in stock and will mate the Audioquest ends with something like the Canare Star quad.. Markertek is one of the better DIY sites, IMO.

 

[Mr. Lin]

That is for a pair of speaker binding post jumpers... The ICs start at $100

http://www.anticables.com/anti-ic.html

I couldn't afford the ICs, but the speaker cables are very nice.

My mistake, I was confusing the price of the speaker wire with the price of the interconnects, since I just bought another pair of the Anti speaker cables a week ago. Considering the that, the interconnects are not what you could call cheap. However, having now heard what happens when you use Anti speaker cables in two separate systems, I would say $10 a foot is a steal without question.

This probably isn't what the OP wants to do, but you might consider checking A-gon for used Anti interconnects. I'm pushing them because I really think they're that good and totally worth the money, and I've heard interconnects ranging in retail value from $5 to $1200.

 

[krazyknuc]

Go Anticables !!!

 

[Drumolator]

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 some Heartland Cables. The first thing I noticed when I installed them was a better picture on my TV. All but one connection in the living room audio/video system has Heartland Cables. They are a bit stiff, but I like them. Peace and goodwill.

 

[cratz2]

Old thread is old!

 

[Aussiekeeper]

Yea, and some of the vendors are out of business..........

 

[Splatter Pak]

I have recently tried using good-quality component video cables with one of the three cables stripped off. What I used was a Phillips, and the results were so good, I'd not hesitate to use it exclusively. Plus, if you buy two sets, and strip off one cable on each, you end up with three sets!