Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money


I currently have a system which consists of Vandersteen 5A's, THor Audio TP-150 tubed monoblocks, Thor Line Stage and Thor phono stage, Marantz SACD player SA-114 and will take delivery of the VPI Prime Scout with a Sumiko EVOS 3 Cartridge. I am currently using LAT International Speaker Cables, Power Cords and Interconnects. (They are no longer in business). I am in immediate  need of turntable cables and would like to update my new speaker cables and interconnects. Not willing to spend thousands on this upgrade. Seeking to capture as much of the "magic" that the super expensive cables deliver but at a more realistic price point. I understand that I have really good quality equipment, but at this stage of my life cannot allocate mega dollars towards cables.
 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 
kjl1065
Everyone has known the value vs cost is a curve. Known it for many many years, even in HiFi.Back in my youth, I knew that $1000 equipment might seem ’twice as good’ as $500 item of equipment, but that it was in fact not really ’twice’. Today a $1000 preamp is nearly as good as one costing $5000. and the $10000 one is only a little better than the $5K one, but might be just in some areas.. And there certainly $12,000 preamps that are as good to many folks as some $100,000 preamp.
Same thing with cables. I wrote before 90% is gonna be had with $29 a pop cables. It is the 95% that might cost $200 a pop. 96% 97% 99% that prices starts to jump. and if you want the 99,.9% WHOA...
Just ordered a set, 3 sets actually, of Cabledyne Synergy RCA/RCA. Two of the sets, 1 meter, were demos and half price. The third is a half meter, N.I.B..................You can put me in the cables don't make much difference camp I guess. I do think there are audible differences, but I'm guessing they're subtle and system dependent. I'm done, for now, buying hardware, so I thought I'd stick a toe into the cable pool.

My current cables are a mix of cheap Monster, cheap AQ, and the throw away stuff that's comes free with everything, so I'm curious to see.......hear actually, if there will be a difference. Granted, the Cabledynes that I bought are hardly high end, at least from a $$$ perspective, but they are certainly better than the junk I have now, so it could prove interesting.

Never heard of Cabledyne until I joined up here. I checked out their site and they looked like decent, low(er) priced cable. They have a 40 day trial period, so worst case, I don't hear any improvements and send them back for the cost of shipping, can't lose :) Best case, they'll give me a new appreciation for cables.

I'll let you know what I think after they're in the system for a couple weeks.............

If anybody else is or has used them, I'd be interested in your experience
I have an all Krell system evo 600 amps, evo 202 pre, evo 525av cd/dvd and lat-1. I have purist audio design cast interconnects and old monster cable speaker cables.  I am looking to replace the speaker cables with something nice. I have demoed transparent reference and ultra.  Any suggestions?  My thoughts were the transparent reference, purist or stealth.