Inexpensive but good interconnect/rca cables
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337alant
Negatively Biased
S-Man
StrivingON
Do you prefer MC5000 to the Maplin stuff XS40T (pale blue sheath)?
I like the Maplin cable and prefer it to Klotz AC110 but I haven't tried the MC5000,
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Bought a couple of pairs Van Damme orange interconnects the other day for my vintage cassette player. They're great. £25 for four.
Musicraft
Trade: Musicraft
Sorry for not quoting for post earlier but fwiw we use these basic interconnects which cost us £1/each.
Btw, this basic interconnect was being used as part of a system consisting of a £5k streamer, £3.5k amplifier, £1.4k loudspeakers and a £3.4k subwoofer.
337alant
Negatively Biased
They are both very good and similar except double screening on the MC5000
I realy like the old maplin Shark phono plugs as well
Cables by Alan Towell, on FlickrAlan
Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
Posted about our state of the art interconnects on our FB page on 23/08/19 chilling out in company of the best subwoofers in the business JL Audio's Gotham v2
Wow they're the same state of the art interconnects I use!
beammeup
pfm Member
You can try the cables from Rothwell: http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/rivers.html
Alan Brown
Registered LUser
That's a good performer in my experience; it's actually the same as NVA SoundCord. Used to be ten or fifteen pounds a set.
I would suggest that the main thing would be to compare screened v. unscreened.
I strongly suspect that most domestic hifi is close to a wall and the boxes are close together, and behind the boxes is what seems to be mile upon mile of every kind of cable, including power leads.
When I tried MC5000 it was replacing some Deltec interconnects that, a while ago, were very well reviewed. The difference was one of those night v. day moments. I had not realised the amount of low level background pink noise there was, until it wasn't there.
I've tried nothing else since MC5000 but very strongly suspect that 99+% of the benefit of it is down to screening, not the particular cable itself.
I strongly suspect that most domestic hifi is close to a wall and the boxes are close together, and behind the boxes is what seems to be mile upon mile of every kind of cable, including power leads.
When I tried MC5000 it was replacing some Deltec interconnects that, a while ago, were very well reviewed. The difference was one of those night v. day moments. I had not realised the amount of low level background pink noise there was, until it wasn't there.
I've tried nothing else since MC5000 but very strongly suspect that 99+% of the benefit of it is down to screening, not the particular cable itself.
Musicraft
Trade: Musicraft
Nice one
State of the art in simplicity and performance. Plug, play and forget. Not bad for a £1 
gerlando
Prog Rocker
Now they are £65....
Martyn Miles
pfm Member
I love cable threads, especially as I have some of those ' £1.00 State of the Art ' cables in a box.
Makes me feel good inside...
Makes me feel good inside...
Riotvan
Snoofer in the Woofer
Agreed, been making all my cables with Sommer for several years now. Recently made a balanced one out of their Karbocab cable and it definitely was an improvement over one of their cheaper mic cables. Bit stiff but still workable.
Martyn Miles
pfm Member
Charles Atlas ?
pjdowns
Living the Hifi dream
I have some in my odds and sods Hifi box, not in my system because they’re dire, but just keep them to remind me how bad it could be.