I'm Thinking of a couple of new interconnects

[Marco]

I'm afraid such a context free statement does come across as a 'point and click' advertorial moment!

Precisely - and it stops here.

Marco.

[Ninanina]

Bev, this thread is not about Slic cables, so please keep your comments about that in the appropriate places elsewhere on the forum. Cheers!

Marco.

Well Marco I thought it was about the original poster wanting recommendations on cables, ?????

If I am wrong then please do tell...



what's the difference to post no. 2....."I love my van den hul first ultimate but the RFC Neptune [£]100 has done very good service between 20k`s worth of amps for some months !!! good vfm

And my post ???????

[Ninanina]

Or in fact post No. 5 "Mark Grant G1000HD would be my default excellent cable for not a lot of money"

What is the problem with my post ??

[Ninanina]

Or post No. 12

"For £100 budget, the Mark Grant G1000HD would remain my recommendation"

What's the difference in that post against my post for the SLIC ??

Am I missing something???

[Marco]

Hi Bev,

The initial OP of this thread may have been about general cable recomendations. However, the vast majority of the contributions (and most recent ones) have been about the studio cable tests others and I have conducted.

Tomorrow, if I get a chance, I will split the discussion here into separate threads, one for talking about general cable recommendations, and the other, the studio cable tests. The former will be the appropriate place to discuss Slic. However, until then, in order to make my job easier, in terms of separating the discussion into different threads, please keep any mention of Slic off of this thread.

Cheers!

Marco.

[Ninanina]

The former will be the appropriate place to discuss Slic. However, until then, in order to make my job easier, in terms of separating the discussion into different threads, please keep any mention of Slic off of this thread.

Cheers!

Marco.

Ok Marco no probs.....

[Marco]

Nice one. I'll get round to splitting the thread later today. TBH, it should've been done earlier, in order to keep the studio cables test separate, so thanks for drawing my attention to this

Marco.

[SLS]

You still need to remove your remarks about profit margins as they are in-correct and tbh its a bit out of order quoting any sort of figures in public when you have no real idea about it?

Don't confuse dealer margins with manufacturer product costs.

On cables you may be ripped off by the manufacturer or distributor, the dealer adds his %. In most industries the dealer % is fixed and high volume dealers get rebates or discounts.

I'm currently trying to tell the difference between TQ Ultra Black and a £140 bi-wired speaker cable (the same length UB being £1,500).

[The Black Adder]

Don't confuse dealer margins with manufacturer product costs.

On cables you may be ripped off by the manufacturer or distributor, the dealer adds his %. In most industries the dealer % is fixed and high volume dealers get rebates or discounts.

I'm currently trying to tell the difference between TQ Ultra Black and a £140 bi-wired speaker cable (the same length UB being £1,500).

£1360 worth of vinyl

[CageyH]

The plan is to sort this out with two cables (as it passes through the amp).

Budget? Happier closer to £100 a set, but if the difference is not subtle, I am prepared to go slightly higher, but not much. Obviously, the cheaper the better as I am on my continued search for best bang for buck.

Bev,

Which bit of two cables, £100 and best bang for buck would point me at the SLIC?



I am sure it's very good, but I have to rebuild the foundations of my system before I entertain £1k for a bit of wire.
One SLIC costs more than I paid for my current CD player, amp and power amp. For me, that puts in into perspective.

Thanks for the suggestion though. The original intent of this thread was to sort out a couple of interconnects on a budget. It's developed into a long winded way of saying that Pro Audio cables with reasonable plugs sound very good, and offer good value for money, even more so if you can solder or know somebody who can.

I still don't believe that a Pro Audio cable will benefit in a big way from really expensive plugs, compared a good quality mid priced plug. If you are going to spend that much on a plug, why not spend a bit more on the cable? Still, I will be interested to read Marco's findings, as to me this rapidly enters the law of diminishing returns area which I am not comfortable with.
I have read in various different places that the best plug you can have, is no plug at all.

To add a bit of perspective here, I am as likely to buy the proper Furutech Carbon bodied plugs as I am likely to buy a SLIC for my system. Maybe if I win the lottery tonight or at the weekend, I will change my opinion, but for me the best sound for the pound is the priority. I think that the cable will make more difference. MCRU comments about the SLIC imply that the cable is more important than the plug, so Marco, please prove me wrong. I like to learn. It's been good fun so far seeing what affect it has on the most important factor to me, the enjoyment of my music.

I am hoping that OldPinkMan will be visiting in August for a few beers and a BBQ as he passes by, with one of his cables. It will be interesting to note who changes their opinion the most.