Best for the money cartridge lead replacements

5 Stars
Posted
Saturday, January 3, 2009
by
StylinLP
Rebuilding from ground up a Thorens TD-145 turntable I decided to order the cheapest cartridge leads that looks of quality. It seemed that these AudioQuest wires fit what I was looking for. Upon receiving them I found that they are made of very high quality contruction. Sure enough that is nicely woven silk casing around those wires. These are definately not cheap cables. Since they are AudioQuest I trust that they are of the purest copper. They mounted very nicely. Sure tight grip. The boots were not too flimsy so was easy to work with. Playing back records on the thorens was a huge improvement in detail. I swear, after adjusting the springs, grommets and new bottom plate out of 1/2" thick blatic birch plywood this table sounded just as good as my Teres Audio turntable. Not quite the size but still sounded really nice. Before and after I did notice that replacing those old moldy corroded leads with these AudioQuest wires was an improvement. For around $10 it is highly recommended!