So I feel so lucky to be able to get a marantz av20. I ordered a starke sound 8 channel amp to pick up surround and atmos duty. I have a 3 channel anthem amp that I modified. I use highest tier monster xlr cable for the front three. But I can't afford to pay $100 each $800 for the set
Im looking at blue jeans cable for the 8 channel snake at $240 for 4 feet. I found a plus i can get the carnare mr2002 8 group pairs. For $80. For 4 ft. Is the $80 a good cable or should I go $240 for a belden cable? I get to play with this gear alot and install into others homes but I feel lucky to get to have what i do being i have 2 kids and wife to put first.
I don't see any reason to spend more than $50 for a pair of 4 ft XLR interconnects. There is no technical advantages to use the expensive ones other than contributing to the profits of the manufacturers, or maybe they are better looking, some may be more flexible etc..etc., but again no technical reasons in terms of noise, distortions, sound quality.
The AV20 seems like a high value high quality AVP, but I wouldn't have pair one with Starke Audio's, that may be cheap, and no doubt can sound good, just that based on reviews with measurements (not necessarily your model) never seemed to impress, no better, might even be worse, than AVR amps, certainly not as good as the old M8003. But you got it, so forget what I said lol, sorry, it will do fine for real world use, just not on test benches.
