interconnects advice

[craig12]

i am starting to get round to setting my system up and as far as i can remember most of the seperates only have the mains leads only
can anyone tell me please what i need to purchase on a lower budget to get the system up and running including speaker wire .. kind regards
cambridge cd player
myryad amp
arcam alpha5 tuner
sansui turntable (old style ) although i think this has some leads attatched
yamaha cassette deck double
dynaudio 42 bookshelfs

[walpurgis]

A bunch of half decent RCA/phono leads and some good speaker cable with banana plugs on I reckon. Don't buy QED Silver Anniversary!

There's loads of choice. Straight Wire interconnects sound very good for not too much money, bit scarce though.

[craig12]

would the rca phono leads be only coloured ie red yellow white or can they be plain

[struth]

Usually have a red or black theme. Sometimes just a red band on the plug etc.
First you need to see how many you need then hiw much you have to spend. Divide and youll have an idea whats available for you. Ebay will give u some udea as to price. Try second hand and get better for less

[craig12]

with 4 seperates do i need 4 leads or 8

[struth]

5 sets of 2 if you intend recording otherwise 4 sets. There are some decent chesp ones on ebay but avoid the red n white or black n white ones like you get free when you buy something. They are garbage
Second hand youll get some for about £10 a set.
The black ones with silver plugs are ok for the money..pretty cheap. Ive got some for testing. A few quid a set

[walpurgis]

4 stereo leads or 4 stereo pairs by the sound of it.

Stereo pair:

http://i61.tinypic.com/121ag5t.jpg

Stereo lead (joined cables):

http://i60.tinypic.com/20shixw.jpg


And a speaker lead with banana plugs:

http://i59.tinypic.com/156xnxj.jpg


They don't all look like these. Colours vary and so do plug styles.