Budget cable review

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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    they were certainly not a budget item
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited February 2008
    Face wrote: »
    I use Ben's cables, thanks for the review. :D

    Smartass!!:D:D
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2008
    Mike Kozak wrote: »
    they were certainly not a budget item

    Compared to other cables in it's class, they are.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    100 bucks for wire? I must be crazy
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited February 2008
    Cheap- 50 bucks and under.
    Budget- 50-150 bucks.
    Average-150-300 bucks
    High end-300-thousands

    There are more sets of i/c's over 300 bucks than you can shake a stick at,so yeah,I consider 100 bucks to be budget.Look at any website from Nordost,AQ,Kimber,Gabrial,and so on,and see what they consider bottom of the barrel.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2008
    Mike Kozak wrote: »
    100 bucks for wire? I must be crazy
    That's nothing. :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    either way, it sounds good to me so I am happy. Thanks for all the input
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited February 2008
    For some, $300.00 is a budget cable.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    I always learn something here.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2008
    Thanks for the review tonyb. Comparisons are very helpful, no matter what other people say. :D
    My two cents: I have nice/higher end cables because its a good hobby. I do think they make a difference, but I think they are fun to make and a work of art at times.
    Jake
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