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Shopping for Interconnects

Now that I am building two, two speaker stereo systems in my home, I will need some more IC's.  Here are the pieces of equipment I will be using.  Unsure yet about how to pair the amps to speakers but will try both with each pair of speakers to see which sounds best with which pair.

Denon PMA 520  Integrated amp circa 1989
Yamaha A 500 Integrated amp circa 1984
Yamaha S300 CD player.  Two years old.
Onkyo TA-RW311 Cassette Deck.  circa 1997
Carver TX 11a Tuner.  circa 1986

Budge for a pair of IC's is under $100 for each pair.  Will likely buy two.

Currently have Audio Art IC3's which are nice.  Going to still use them.  Also have a pair of Blue Jeans Cable LC-! which I plan to keep.  

Any suggestions?  Not exactly sure how to shop for cables of this nature since each manufacturer seems to claim different sonic characteristics for each cable.  


will62
will62 OP
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PS.  Here are my speakers.

Mirage OM 10 Towers circa 2001
Castle Conway 3 Towers circa 2003
rodman99999
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There’s a sort function, that will allow you to look at available used interconnects, $ to $$, here: https://www.usedcable.com/Catalog/Interconnect-Cables  They've got some, starting at $19.00.
will62 OP
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Slim picker's on that site for budget priced IC's.  I may be better off buying new.  Have to be RCA connectors.
firstgrowth
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If you're any good with a soldering iron, I'd buy some Duelund 20ga tinned copper wire and some RCA plugs and make my own.  It will take about 1/2 hour and IMHO they'll kick the crap out of anything in their price range.  http://www.partsconnexion.com  I'm using the $4 switchcraft RCA's.  This setup is the true snake oil antidote.
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