Everyone loves a bargain. Everyone loves finding an undiscovered gem. But for audiophiles on a budget, finding good, reasonably priced cables isn't a luxury but a necessity. In a $1000 or $2500 system, there simply isn't money for $500 interconnects or $1000 speaker cables. Even a $5000 system&#151;which most of my well-educated, music-loving, affluent friends view as pretty extravagant, by the way&#151;can't accommodate premium cables like the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/800nirvana">Nirvana</A&gt;, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/198synergistic">Synergistic Research</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/1101nordost">Nordost</A&gt; models that we reviewers rave about as "critical to getting the most out of your system."

Everyone loves a bargain. Everyone loves finding an undiscovered gem. But for audiophiles on a budget, finding good, reasonably priced cables isn't a luxury but a necessity. In a $1000 or $2500 system, there simply isn't money for $500 interconnects or $1000 speaker cables. Even a $5000 system&#151;which most of my well-educated, music-loving, affluent friends view as pretty extravagant, by the way&#151;can't accommodate premium cables like the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/800nirvana">Nirvana</A&gt;, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/198synergistic">Synergistic Research</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/1101nordost">Nordost</A&gt; models that we reviewers rave about as "critical to getting the most out of your system."

Everyone loves a bargain. Everyone loves finding an undiscovered gem. But for audiophiles on a budget, finding good, reasonably priced cables isn't a luxury but a necessity. In a $1000 or $2500 system, there simply isn't money for $500 interconnects or $1000 speaker cables. Even a $5000 system&#151;which most of my well-educated, music-loving, affluent friends view as pretty extravagant, by the way&#151;can't accommodate premium cables like the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/800nirvana">Nirvana</A&gt;, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/198synergistic">Synergistic Research</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/1101nordost">Nordost</A&gt; models that we reviewers rave about as "critical to getting the most out of your system."

Everyone loves a bargain. Everyone loves finding an undiscovered gem. But for audiophiles on a budget, finding good, reasonably priced cables isn't a luxury but a necessity. In a $1000 or $2500 system, there simply isn't money for $500 interconnects or $1000 speaker cables. Even a $5000 system&#151;which most of my well-educated, music-loving, affluent friends view as pretty extravagant, by the way&#151;can't accommodate premium cables like the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/800nirvana">Nirvana</A&gt;, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/198synergistic">Synergistic Research</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cables/1101nordost">Nordost</A&gt; models that we reviewers rave about as "critical to getting the most out of your system."

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