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Which interconnect do you use?

Kimber PBJ from cd player to preamp, AudioQuest Silver Extreme from preamp to subwoofer, MIT Terminator 3 subwoofer to amp(alternate with AudioQuest Topaz), AudioQuest Type 4 speaker cable(alternate with MIT Terminator 4 or Kimber 4TC).
 
I use Acoustic Research RCA cables. I got them from a friend and was impressed with the build quality. I have done some A/Bing with many pairs of interconnects. I honestly cannot tell a difference from the dirt cheap (and I'm talking floppy, came free with a VCR in 1992 cables) cables and the ones that I use. Maybe that says something about cables in general, my ears, or my cables... Who really knows?
 
This has become a very interesting topic. Thanks to everyone for their input. I am always happy to learn new things about my hobby. I guess it all depends on the listener what type of cables to use. I think tuberolling will also be a good way to get the "sound" right. I am going to give it a try.
 
nickrobotron said:
I use Acoustic Research RCA cables. I got them from a friend and was impressed with the build quality. I have done some A/Bing with many pairs of interconnects. I honestly cannot tell a difference from the dirt cheap (and I'm talking floppy, came free with a VCR in 1992 cables) cables and the ones that I use. Maybe that says something about cables in general, my ears, or my cables... Who really knows?
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Hey, where ya been man? Good to see you posting in tubes. I think in a blind test, a lot of folks would be right where you are, but who does blind tests? It's almost like a dirty word among audiophiles.
 
shelly_d said:
You might want to consider Hypnotoads moving coil Op Amp design. It does the entire job and you will have line level outputs, not hi level phono outputs. Get the entire job done in step right at the source. Just a suggestion. It also gets good reviews on the thread.



To some people LOTS of stuff really matters. From an engineering point of view, any real component can be modeled by resistance to ground, series resistance, capacitance to ground, series capacitance, self inductance and induced inductance. (That's a stupid way to phrase it but I'm not getting a better way to say it right now). Some of those values will be either small enough or large enough (resistance to ground) to ignore. Others won't. It is the combination of all that, that affects what the wire does to the signal while in service.



Again, LOTS of people will tell you that burn in is real. Again, from an engineering point of view, there is nothing that will change in the wire or the insulation do the passage of audio level signals.

Some day I'm going to try setting up a test rig that is set up as an instrumentation amp. Feed the same signal into 2 identical interconnects and then into the separate inputs of the amp. Since the amp works by amplifying the difference between the 2 signals, the output would be real proof of the interconnect making a difference or not.




By all means, protect those ears. They are the only ones you have.

Shelly_D
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Good post, I need to look up that pre, it sounds like what I'm looking for.
 
Rat Shack works for me. I've heard that the finest semolina harvested by virgins is the shizzle though.:smoke:
 
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