[Darwin258]

I want to see if high quality RCA cables--two males each end--will improve sound quality my system. Would appreciate any recommendations.
 
thanks folks

 

[xxhaxx]

I bought my the premium cables from http://www.monoprice.com/

 

[Uncle Erik]

I buy cables from BlueJeans Cables. Excellent build quality.

If you want to try more exotic materials, I strongly recommend buying a $5 soldering iron and making your own. It's easy and there are tutorials here.

Otherwise, you'll fork out several hundred in pure profit for $20-$50 of material. You can learn to make your own in an hour or two. It's worth it.

 

[twylight]

monoprice for good price/quality , blue jean for cut to length

 

[kiteki]

 
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I buy cables from BlueJeans Cables. Excellent build quality.

If you want to try more exotic materials, I strongly recommend buying a $5 soldering iron and making your own. It's easy and there are tutorials here.

Otherwise, you'll fork out several hundred in pure profit for $20-$50 of material. You can learn to make your own in an hour or two. It's worth it.

Where do you get the material from?
 

 
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

I don't know, Kiteki. Sorry. I've only built simple cables, the last being a pair of speaker cables made from Home Depot wire and banana plugs I found at Radio Shack. They work great, but I don't know where to find more exotic materials.

However, there are quite a few threads about building cables in the DIY Forum, so I'd look there. You should find quite a few builds and mentions of where the materials came from.

 

[Darwin258]

Thank you twice over. Have work bench. Will travel as this is a novel idea for a guy who has trouble using a screwdriver opening a can of beer.

 

[Darwin258]

Thank you for your help. Most appreciative.

 

[Prog Rock Man]

Check out the DIY section of the forum and this thread
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/71148/diy-cable-gallery

 

[Darwin258]

My thanks to you. Am dealing with cognitive decline and find am bit overwhelmed by complexity of this site and being able to find things. I advocate new design and organization. Probably not totally alone. Again appreciate your reading and responding as find way to higher and higher listening heights.

 

[Pricklely Peete]

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Where do you get the material from?
 

 
 

Partsconexion has a great variety of raw materials (for ICs look at 24-28 awg "hookup wire") from cheap to expensive. I agree with Erik...DIY is the best bang for buck route (for say pure silver cables) but if all you want is "premade" good quality copper types BJ is a good place to start.  If you have a lot of money invested in gear you might want to consider trying out a service like Used Cables (they allow you to test all kinds of cables from all price points). It's not the most convenient method but it beats spending a pile of money up front on more expensive types that may not work well with your system.
 
Cable selection is a tricky business.
 
Peete.

 

[tim3320070]

Troll.........anyone?

 

[MrProggie]

Looking for high end cables? Just buy the cheapest Kimber cables. They're probably just as good as their 1,000++ dollar cables.