Cable Talk Reference

[Nigel]

Anyone any experience of using Cable Talk Reference interconnects? Burgundy in colour, I suspect they are about twenty years old. Probably another question for DSJR. Where would they stand in todays state of play?

[jammy395]

Sorry Nige, never heard em, but they must sing like Angels being "Reference"......

[_D_S_J_R_]

They were around £150 retail for a 1m length, best dealers making 55% of this, so equivalent to SC in terms of (trade) cost. I thought it good, but the construction was a bit odd, with three inner conductors iirc. Two hot and one return with copper shield and drain wire from memory.

It's a good cable and was custom made with good materials, but obviously, this was before online suppliers came along

[Nigel]

Cheers Dave. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've been using them for a few years. I have made very few comparisons so have extremely limited experience. I tried some Klotz Rega clones and thought my old Cable Talk's were superior. It could be the Klotz need to 'burn in' or maybe my ears need to adjust. I initially thought the music lacked impact and excitement. I'd love to try some of the silver interconnects one day.

[_D_S_J_R_]

Klotz AC110 is fine and some say the MC5000 mic cable is better, even when used in single ended mode. I've found it takes a little while to open up.. I think you'd like SSC though and SSPmk2 would be superior to that.