Solid construction, beatiful look, gold plated connectors, moderate price

none

I've hated all my life to use the same words of other people, but the fact is that there is no other way, I got them in The Wiz, I don't like too much the quality of the equipment that these people sell, but I was looking for some music (CDs) and as everybody talk about that if the quality of the cables improves a lot the sound, and I was replacing some audio gear home, I say OK, (and even when I already got rid of the original that came with my audio equipment, and have replaced them for RCA made by Monster Cable and RadioShack Gold series, in fact I was never really satisfied with the sound improvement, I expected more...), I will take the risk with these ones, even I asked if i can returned in case i don't like them, and I spent about 100 in cables, miracle!!!!!, and believe me!these are the best money spent in my life, in audio equipment talking, I don't know about the quality of a 200.00 plus cable, but it can't be much better than these and for 20.00, the sound improve, so much that I run to get some more to finish the whole substitution.
WARNING!!!! please, if you're still using the cables that came with your unit, don't waste any more time looking for something fancy, or more expensive, do yourself a favor and run and replace them for these moderate priced ones, these are a big step up and well worth the money pay for them, and don't get fooled for an much more expensive ones, it could be better, but the sonic difference don't worth the difference in price.
Gear used:
Sony ES CD player
Audiosource Amp Two
Audiosource Pre-One
Alesis Studio monitors
custom Shiva Subwoofer
Sony DVD player

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RCA made by Monster, Gold Series from Radio Shack, Sony standard audio interconnects....

Good value, flexibility, unobtrusive looks, firm rca plugs, neutral sound, no hum.

none in this application or at this price

I use a 12-foot pair of Acoustic Research Pro Series Interconnects to connect the preamp outputs of my NAD 3300 PE integrated amplifier to my ACI Titan II LE subwoofer (both very fine components). The Acoustic Research interconnects, which are sold in pairs, appear to be identical to their subwoofer cables, which are sold singly, and I am using a pair...
I had been running my subwoofer from the speaker outputs through decent speaker wire, but I had a persistent hum. So I went with shielded cable.
A more expensive cable would have probably just brought me bragging rights. I cannot imagine how another cable could sound any better with my subwoofer. There is now absolutely no hum, the lows are rock-solid and finely nuanced, and the Titan II LE blends even better with my Vandersteen 1Cs.
Perhaps a fancier, more expensive cable would make a significant difference connecting to a full-range analog component.

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Various DH Labs cables (excellent but much more expensive), freeby cables which are generally more flimsy than the ARs

build quality,$$$$,flexibility,neutral sound

none at this price

I HAVE TO SAY THAT ON THE OPTICAL PAGE AND THIS PAGE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THESE CABLES IMPROVED THEIR PICTURE QUALTIY AND IT IS NOT CORRECT.THEIR IS 4 TYPES OF VIDEO CABLES WHICH IS S-VIDEO,COMPONENT VIDEO,RCA TO RCA AND 1 TYPE "F" TO "F' WHICH ALSO PRODUCES AUDIO.IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO AFFECT ON PICTURE QUALITY AND DIGITAL COAXIAL,OPTICAL AND A RED AND WHITE RCA TO RCA WHICH IS THE PICTURE PROVIDED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE (INTERCONNECTS) ARE MEANT FOR AUDIO ONLY..

Anyways Acoustic Research makes a great product and I prefer these cables over many from Monster like the Interlink 250 or 400 and they are in the hall of shame for a good reason.I also use their S-Video,Digital Coaxial and Optical for my CD recorder becuase they are more flexible even though I would have preferred the Digital Coaxial becuase they are stronger.I have had great luck with all of them and the only cables I would recommend other than these are some from Nordost but the $$$ is not worth spending unless you are rich but then why would you be here.I find they don't have much colouration and are fairly neutral and they simply belie their price tag and if you don't like them they are supposed to be exclusive to futureshop so you can take them back in 30 days so you can't loose and they will sound different in different set-ups so it is important to have the option the return stuff.I find these cables to be of a much higher quality than other offerings from RCA and so on.
I haven't had any hmmm or buzzz and my Yamaha has 0.008 distortion and a damping factor of 300 so I would deffinetly hear it considering the amplifiers used are from Nichicons muse series and I would highly recommend it for music even if you have a expensive reciever because it has the same specs as the RXV1 and it is over $4000 and considering it is only $500-600 and sounds even better because it has a variable loudness control.Anyways try them and you will be surprised at the value and performance and I have owned the Monster Interlink 250 for $75-80 and the monsters wouldn't even come to the quality of these.

PS If you live in Ottawa and are looking for a salesman that isn't a commission hawk Dave at Ogilvie RD is a great guy to deal with and AR's stuff is exclusive to futureshop other than a couple of places but they probably don't have the same return policy.

PSS OH They are not far better than I imagined but they get 5 out of 5 in both categories because the only product that I have heard that is far better than I imagined is the Axiom M3Ti's because of their price and are comparible to bookshelf speakers costing 3 times the price.Thanks

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Many

Good Build Quality

I did a listening test between the AR and a pair of Wireworld Oasis interconnects I've had for over 3 years.
The AR was a little less bright sounding than the Oasis, lending a warm sound to the music. I prefer bright detailed music over a mellower sound, but considering the Oasis cost me 3 times the price for the AR's, the AR's present good value.

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Wireworld Oasis

Quality build, cheap in price

Haven't found one

I just got them from www.accessories4less.com. The quality of the A/V cables are solid. After I connected them with my 5+ years Pioneer receiver the picture quality looks better and the sound quality is excellent. They are much better than manufacture-supplied A/V cables. If you really care about picture/sound quality then I recommend you should get them. You can also get AR Pro Series cables from www.avconnec.com. Or, if you really have some money to spend you can find some high-end A/V cables from www.bettercables.com (I don't have money to try them).

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Monster A/V cables