Best Mini to Mini IC?

[William Collins]

Hi everyone,

Well I've been bitten by the headphone bug and now finally have a decent array of phones and an amp coming. Now the interconnects. What's the best mini to mini cable for my Pana 570/CHA-47?

 

[ray4jc]

i'd like to know as well......seems like most cables are RCA.....if i find out i'll let ya know....i just bought a ratshack...12" ...$2.99 interconnect for the time being...part number 42-2497....

ray

 

[JML]

Welcome to Head-Fi. This is a pretty common question, however. Try the search engine -- you'll find several fairly recent strings right on point.

(For the best sound for the money, go for Markertek unless you need right-angle plugs.)

 

[millerdog]

I agree on the Markerteks.
I bought the Straightwire from Headroom though.
md

 

[jodokast]

lots of articles regarding.....radioshack v. markertek, kimber, etc.....straightwire.

I've found that markertek works fine though. I suggest you give them a lookie

 

[kelly]

I'm not sure why Audio & Me has not yet replied to this post. Wayne at Bolder makes custom cables. For the best quality, that's probably the route to go. A&M had a custom mini to mini cable made for his cha47 and then recently also got a mini to RCA cable from Bolder. I likewise have a mini to RCA cable from him. He uses high quality parts and known/respoected formulas.

 

[Audio-Me]

Both the mini-mini and mini-rca cables that I got made by wayne are of excellent quality. The sound quality speaks for itself, amazing how a cable can drastically help even portable systems sound better (weak source such as my pana570). These cables are quite neutral and forgiving yet maintains detail. They certainly get my approval. They are however really stiff, I don't think you'd be using these with a traveler bag, lol.

*My cables are 3" long, and I use a large backpack (L.L. Bean Continental Rucksack), so there is plenty of room for them...

 

[Taphil]

About how much would a 5" mini-mini cost from Wayne? And how inflexible is it?

 

[lextek]

Kimber from Headroom.

 

[jms007bnd007]

The nice think about the Markertek cable is that it only costs 15 bucks, yet in most of the comparisons that I have read on head-fi, they seem to come out on top in overall sound quality.

 

[jms007bnd007]

oh, just make sure that you buy the stereo cord and not the mono one. Some people have been confused about that in the past I guess.

 

[taoster]

ive been reading alot of comparisons between the markertek, kimber, striaghtwire and bolders.

Does anyone know how the Oehlbach mini-mini supplied with the porta corda stack up against them?