You can argue a bit for fit and finish and build Quality , i would not go much further than bluejeancables these days . How much cabling was it how long speaker cables if passive and are we talking 5.1 with a bunch of hdmi cables thrown in ?
I would,not even consider aftermarket high end power cords nowadays that's a real scam the ones delivered with your stuff are probably safer and less of fire hazard and fits better , the stiffness and weight of some aftermarket cords are probably not good considering the fit into the inlet of your amp etc . I have DIY some power cords what you can introduce are twisted pairs and screening but that's it possible some cheap ferrit clamps ( you can buy those cheap in bulk to ). Bewildering enough the cable brand flogged here have some "entry level " power cords without the only features you can have :) they made up some of thier own instead . But I see the marketing potential so I like the 30$ argument too for this reason , with a fairly complex rig like mine with over 14 power cords 4 hdmi cables 12 spdiff cables 1 toslink 8 Ethernet cables 1 analog Rca ( for the sub ) and some of you have a bunch more stuff than I do :) if I can be compelled to buy a little better than the free stuff included it's a good sale with high margins for very little engineering skills ( you buy already engineered cables in bulk ,dress it up a bit fancy and ad several 1000% markup ). I do like the DIY aproach with pro or installation cable . If you are without soldering skills or crimping tools ( you should not solder spdiff or video cable ) blue jean cable does it good it's basically DIY on order with well selected engineere cables from a real cable brand like Belden etc . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105173 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
