Which inexpensive ic's cables worth checking out?

HI Mekong56: I have used both the MAC HC & the Burley. They are very different animals in my experience. It seems like the HC has a distinct "personality," and I happened to like it... after comparing it to many other PCs. Some don't like the HC, but I am not sure if they gave the PC a chance to "stabilize." I believe that the HC takes a *tremendously* long time to burn-in until one can really hear and rely on it. At minimum - 300 hours! Then the HC becomes very stable, it opens up and is predictable. The Burley on the other hand impressed me right from the start. My Burleys have benefitted from long play hours as well, but the Burley PC seems more stable from the beginning. I use Burley PC cords in two systems for power amps. Knowing that cords, like anything else, can be system particular and system dependent, I chose these after listening to others. The power amps that I use the Burleys with are all SMc Ultra Level Upgrades, McCormack DNA 0.5. I have mono blocks in one system and a single in a smaller system. Here's what I notice regarding the Burley in my rigs: a sense of relaxed authority, very very quiet, black, deep soundstage, no glare, no edge, smooth, etc. I could go on, because I really like these cables, but I will spare everyone, and I will quit with the superlatives. I use Furutech connectors with Burleys, which is an upgrade. Even smoother with more smooth sparkle. I find that the Burleys have both great top-end, as well as superb bottom-end extension. They do not struggle to keep up and reveal a lot of the information that is inherent in the music. These are only my personal experiences, and I am not affiliated with MAC other than being a very happy customer and a fan of the product. I do have other products in my systems as well.

Heard good thing about the Paul Speltz products. I like how he turns his middle finger outward to the wire charlatans. I have gone into stores to listen to speakers and heard nothing but 90 minute sales pitches for high profit margin wires.

I would think that true blind testing would yield no difference unless you had the hearing of a basset hound.

There are many good ones in the price range, in my opinion. My 2 cents is that I plan to switch my entire system to the new MM2 version of Transparent Audio's Musiclink cables. The basic model is $85 per meter and the step up is $175, brand new.

To my ears they sound remarkably neutral and balanced.

Overall I think good speaker placement does more for sound than cables, anyway.

After a year auditioning different ICs, the least expensive Zu Varial won. I'm using 2 XLR ICs with SR Apex spkr cable and have no desire to change.

Good cable's? how large is the signal traveling through cable? is this any better then that? assuming a couple things that your source is up to the task,a recording you like,experimenting is exciting the sound from a $12 pair of supra spea. cables just blew me away. my wrong thinking about expensive cables had to be corrected that and ran out of money.some great DIY recipes good luck