Best For a Rotel RA-1592

Paul7777x

Forget cable that’s more than a couple of quid per metre. And especially Russ Andrews/ kimber stuff.

Spend the cash on better speakers, or, even better, more cds.

Van Damme BLUE SERIES Studio Grade Speaker Cable 2.5mm - Sold by the metre 5060395786717 | eBay

If you want to go mad on the diameter then this is also great value stuff. Made up or by the metre.

NEW Van Damme Blue Series Studio 2x4mm  Speaker Cable 2x3m - Terminated 5060395787042 | eBay

Van Damme Blue Series Studio Grade Speaker Cable 4.00mm BY THE METRE 268-545-060 5060395786939 | eBay

Daft Joe

I'm still trying to work out if expensive cable does anything. On the Gearslutz forums many say the difference in sound is placebo effect, I need peace of mind though.

My next cable is VOVOX XLR balanced   or Mogami XLR balanced  the Mogami is a no brainer as they are bought by most mainly for the build quality and life time guarantee which is handy if one unplugs them  a lot.

afdk

Hello MikeFinn,

I have owned the Rotel RA-1592 for about 1 month.  I have a 8 year old Marantz CD-5004 and the newer KEF R3 with stands. I'm very impressed with the sound of this combination.   The Marantz CD-5004 was reviewed on the on Stereophile web site in  Mar 18, 2011.                                                                                

daddy999

For neutral sound perhaps the Harbeth Monitors 30.1/30.2 are worth a demo? I loved them when I tried them out recently, but the wife didn’t! So I bought Monitor Audio’s, which we both love the sound of. Phew! I use Van Den Hul The Clearwater speaker cable, again, a very neutral sounding cable, really flexible and about £10 per meter, which I found price performance to be very reasonable. Happy listening.