Like speaker cables, one can spend zillions on fancy audiophile interconnect cables. But are they really any better? I have my doubts. Maybe if I had $300K system, I might notice a difference between cables. Would it be an improvement, or just a difference, not better or worse, just different?
Personally, I just buy quality cables, nothing fancy, and reasonably priced. Most of my connecting cables are Mogami with gold plated terminations, bought from Redco. When I bought my subwoofers from SVS, I notice they offered quality cables at a reasonable price, so I bought some of those. Finally, when I needed balanced cables between my Oppo player and my preamp, I found some fine cables from Blue Jean.
Does any audio fan need to spend more for super fancy cables? Again, I doubt it.
By the way, a hint. Redo all your cables once a year. I have found that when problems creep in, it's often just a connection problem. Time and oxidation interfere with good sound transfer. Cleaning the connectors with Deoxit products is also recommended. I can't count the number of times over the years that I've solved audio problems with these simple measures.
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