Interconnect advice please !

[Filterlab]

Has it started snowing over there yet ? (Look out Thread drift)

Surely that would be Snow drift?

[Spectral Morn]

Surely that would be Snow drift?

indeed.

I can picture a man in military uniform walking across the screen now, and complaining "This is silly, very silly...stop this now and get back on track" Voice over "And now for something completely different" Monty Python.


Regards D S D L

[DSJR]

I spent my meagre funds on MG cables and rate them highly, but if you want something cheap but well made, try SoundStable on ebay. he uses a good basic pro-patch cable by van damme which is honest and inexpensive, together with neutric's basic plugs which I use myself. For £13.50 for a 1m pair you cannot go wrong.

I also think the ready made cables by Action hardware are good too, although I haven't tried these..

Of the retail cables, Chord do make a good range and Audiolab liked them. When I was selling Huntingdon made Audiolab, I used Chord's Chameleon to advantage, which is now in a mk3 I believe.

Trouble is today, small interconnect manufacturers can now sell directly to retail customers, so the standard Mark Grants at £22 would be equivalent to the chameleon if they were properly packaged and sold to dealers, who need to make more than 50 - 60% margin on them..........

[webby]

I think that Lee makes a good point.

[webby]

Cheers Webby ! Quite interesting to speak to people with similar kit. Not added a power amp to your 8000s yet ?

Nope. Maybe one day. Any views on that?

[DSJR]

8000PX or 8000MX, if it's an original one, NOT the old standard 8000P or 8000M. the PX and MX ones were direct coupled designs with a leaner presentation. The 8000S was their first amp to use this layout...

[webby]

Hmmm, I was thinking the 8000p.

[Gbeer7]

I was as well Lee.....

[DSJR]

Like I said, there was a noticable difference between the 8000P and its replacement, which Audiolab called the 8000PX... The output circuit at least was re-worked and the 8000S was the first product to use it. The power amps came later and only a few months before the sell-out to Tag.....

The 8000PX or its Tag replacement is where I'd be looking..

[webby]

Note: I have the original, UK 8000S if that makes a difference.