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Quality Budget RCA Interconnects

I'm looking to complete the set up of my first HiFi system and one of the last pieces of the puzzle is a decent interconnect. I'm not really looking to spend more than $40, but I'd like to find an interconnect that takes that 40 bucks as far as it can go. My set up is as follows:

B&W 685's
Jolida 1501 RC
Music Hall CD 25.2

Any thoughts, suggestions, offers, etc. are apreciated. Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie.
tamulti06
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viridian
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My favorite are the Goertz Micro-Purl Cu, which are in your price range used. For new, Blue Jeans Cable makes some very nice cables.
m297904
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If you can handle a soldering iron, consider the DH Labs Silver Sonic BL-1.
At $4/ft plus appx $8/connector, they will be slightly over your budget BUT they will be keepers for the long term.
Cnheck the Audio Concepts website for the raw materials. You may be able to do better for the connectors but the RCA's that they sell are goood quality.
www.audioc.com/accessories1/dhlabs/bl1.htm
tvad
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But their capacitance is quite high at 108 pf/foot...
Almarg (Answers)

Then one can choose the ART "Blues" interconnects at 19.9 pf/foot
($22/ 1 meter), or the ART "Classical" at 66 pf/foot ($90/ 1 meter).

They all use Mogami OFC wire. The "Classical" and "Jazz" use quad geometry.
The "Blues" does not.
muzikat
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Acoustic Research

http://www.hififorless.com/showProduct.php?productid=54547
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mapman
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I've used the G-snake. Its a very solid option.

Older MIT terminator 2 or 4 used are other very good options to try overall.

DNM Reson is another I like with a different, somewhat warmer and more "British" sound, much like B&Ws, that can work nicely in systems that can use that.
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