INTERCONNECTS I’m not a big fan of spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on expensive cables and wires. They’re really just costly tone controls; each brand and model sounds different from the next. Case in point: While the PS Audio cable worked wonders on the overly-strident Sony 777 mentioned above, it didn’t do as well on other things, such as the FM tuner.
That brings me to DNM’s solid-core cables. Some 20 years ago I had an interconnect custom made for me and it sounded and still sounds amazingly good. Luckily, you can still get them made for you here in the States. With the latest advances, they sound even better.
What you need to do is contact Creston Funk at Concert Sound in San Antonio, Texas. He’s the U.S. importer of DNM from England. They look deceivingly simple, but boy do they sound amazingly good, especially in this system.
DNM interconnects cost $125 for a 1 meter long pair. That includes Eichmann Bullet Plugs on both ends. Four of these specially constructed RCA plugs sell for $50 alone. The DNM speaker wire sells for $4/ft plus $32 to terminate with banana plugs.
Put all of this together and you get a system of great depth and magnitude, one that just sounds absolutely right.
Of course, there are still lots of components out there worth listening to. I’ve only scratched the surface; it’s up to you to get out there and listen. I hope I’ve raised the bar high enough so that you spend your time listening to the best.
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