how much to spend?
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 12:51PM
oka i remember reading somewere/being told the rule of thumb for buying wires for your system is 10% of what the system cost for example say £1000 system spend no more than £100 on a wire is this a good way of determing how much to spend on wires?
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:56PM
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oka for example i have a roberts revival radio i want to plug it in to my airport express for wireless streaming so say roberts radio £160 airport express which is what £80 i want a standard audio cable mini jack to mini jack so say 20maybe £30
It's about as good as anything, Daniel. Some will feel that 5% is quite enough, others that 20% is worth the extra. It does depend a bit on the number of components, so a budget AV system might need quite different cables to a CD, DAC, amp, tuner and speakers.
Bear in mind that other 'extras' like speaker stands, turntable supports, and distribution blocks can all add to the cost.
Hi-Fi: Krell KAV-300cd, Michell TecnoDec/RB250/Grado Prestige Black1, KAV-300i amp, Transparent balanced interconnects and bi-wire to Sonus faber Concerto grand piano speakers, Nakamichi ZX-7 cassette deck, Logitech Squeezebox Touch, Hitachi FT-5500 and Sony S570ES tuners, BCD Engineering stand, RA Powerlink, Chord powerchord, Grado SR60i cans.
AV: Sony Bravia KDL-32EX503 telly, BDP-S370 player with QED HDMI. Currently unused: Denon AVR-1705, DVD-1710, KEF KHT1005.2