Good budget phono cables

**Themis** · 19-10-2009, 18:49

Originally Posted by Marco

P.S Mark's a member of the forum. If you're ever looking for some cables, I'd thoroughly recommend his stuff.

As I can't order online (they dispatch online only to the UK), should I send an email to the company or send a PM ?

**Marco** · 19-10-2009, 19:15

Hi Dimitri,

I'd go with a PM. Mark checks in here on a regular basis

Marco.

**DSJR** · 19-10-2009, 19:24

£20 trade price on interconnects usually means £50 retail. £21 trade means £80 retail. £25 trade often means £250 retail....

OK, I'm being a bit OTT there, but *some* expensive cables use well chosen but mundane parts..

I'll also accept that some top end audio cables are made with special conductor weaves etc. and if a third party like BICC is making them, then these wires have to be ordered by the Km or more and I suspect the set-up costs would be large.

**Themis** · 19-10-2009, 20:09

Thanks Marco, PM sent.

**Themis** · 19-10-2009, 20:11

Originally Posted by DSJR

£20 trade price on interconnects usually means £50 retail. £21 trade means £80 retail. £25 trade often means £250 retail.....

I'm afraid this is not as absurd as it sounds...

**Rare Bird** · 19-10-2009, 21:04

Originally Posted by Marco

Andre, how much are the Crimsons? These days I use Mark Grant cables:

http://markgrantcables.co.uk/shop/in...&products_id=1

For £20 it's hardly worth bothering making your own! They're also superb and outperform many so-called 'high-end' designs at many times the price

Marco.

P.S Mark's a member of the forum. If you're ever looking for some cables, I'd thoroughly recommend his stuff.

Paid £65 for 3 pairs used but they are like new...New price dunno probs £50 a pair

**Marco** · 19-10-2009, 21:32

That was a good deal, Andre - nice one

If you get a chance sometime though check out the Mark Grants... They're bloody amazing - and all for £20, brand new!

Marco.

**Rare Bird** · 19-10-2009, 22:35

What i like about these crimson is they are both Din & Phono..Was a good deal, miles better than the Nordost 'Blue' & Kimber 'PSB-J' i was using

**sburrell** · 27-10-2009, 17:06

Just wanted to report that I did get in touch with Mark Grant and invested in a pair of his stereo interconnects. And, by Gum, what a difference!

I'm currently listening to the excellent jazz of Ultra-Lounge's The Crime Scene, and what I'm noticing is that there's far more dynamism (is that the right term?) in the volume, and it's a smooth dynamism at that. Does that make sense? I guess what I'm saying is that volume is less "flat", with far more noticeable attack and decay. Toward the end of Billy May's Man With The Golden Arm there's this real sense of the trumpets reaching out to you and a period of restraint, like the conductor's stretching out and tapping you on the head with a baton. Excellent.
The detail has increased a great deal also, probably as a result of better separation---I heard a vocal in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" that had completely escaped me before, and vibrato in female voices is clearer and less diaphanous. Finally, there's a noticeable addition of bass, equally in terms of extension, volume and detail---the iconic kettle drums at the beginning of Ray Anthony's "Dragnet" have far clearer tonality; the rapidly-plucked double-bass in Elmer Bernstein's "Staccato's Theme" is driving, solid and funky instead of resembling vinyl LP rumble.

This Guinness is for Mark Grant

And here's to the Art of Sound forum as a whole for the excellent advice available

Cheers!

**Marco** · 28-10-2009, 15:24

Hi Simon,

I'm glad that the MGs worked out well for you

Quite frankly, they're incredibly good and ridiculously cheap - which is a rather fine combination of virtues!

Marco.

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