Early on in this hobby, I came across a glowing review of DNM solid core interconnects and became curious. I tracked down a mail-order for two lengths of 1 meter, sent a check, and waited a few weeks. When the cables arrived, I was surprised by their appearance - plastic ribbon attached to rather unpretentious RCA's. I ended up using these cables with a variety of tube gear over the next several years. I never tried other cables concurrently, so I have nothing valuable to add here, sorry. A newer version of these cables is still available directly from DNM , and they seem to have a strong following. Anyway, I somehow lost the DNM's during a move, and though it's shameful to admit, I replaced them with some cheap cables made by General Electric. So I've never been fussy about my cabling. Certainly I DO hear a difference, but unless the cable sounds veiled, I tend to just set and forget. Earlier this year, I tried replacing the GE's with the Spirit interconnect fro