AUDIOQUEST Golden GATE 2 x Phono Plug to 2 X Phono Plug

The world is riddled with marketing, and it's really hard sometimes to figure out what "worth it" means in terms of actual quality and engineering vs. gimmicks. I assure you these cables are none of the latter. I have a fairly decent setup, Audio-Technica ATLP120XBTUSB, AT-VMN95EN stylus, Yamaha RX A2A and some mirage speakers. The mistake I made was buying subpar cables. What actually had happened was all of a sudden I heard this popping when I put on the Vinyl. I tracked it down to the cable. After digging through quite a few articles and bouncing around on a few options, I settled on these. I plugged them in and immediately all the hum was gone. I used to get this just from turning the turntable on, and any vibration was tracking through the stylus. But the best part is the sounds is ridiculously clean - it's not just a little noticeable - it's ridiculously noticeable. Get these, they are a fantastic option if you're not in the super high end category.

Good interconnect cables for most applications from mid to higher expenses gear

If you're interested in reading all the arguments about cables just browse the many other reviews. I'll admit skepticism but have had experiences with lesser cost cables that resulted in significant audio issues and finally decided to give these a try. I'm really glad I did. I'm running a biamplified setup of Polk floorstanding speakers with a vinyl setup and a digital (toslink) connection for Tidal streaming as well. To be concise, I noticed immediate differences in soundstange, particularly depth. With some songs, it was almost like hearing again for the first time. That's not to say that I was blown away with huge differences and that these cables will somehow transform a system but in mine I really heard a change that I could easily say substantiated the cost of the cables. I have a dual sub setup and will be replacing those interconnects next. My amplifier RCA jacks are exactly 3" apart and these were a tight spread to reach, but they did. The Audioquest website recommends their Evergreen series for wider jacks, just be aware your spacing. Would I buy these again? Absolutely. For my system and ears, they have made me a believer in this cable. For reference, I replaced Mediabridge interconnects between my amplifiers and preamp and turntable and preamp.

These are amazing cables. The sound is like much those more expensive. I own a $1000 pair of cables on my main system and these come too close for comfort in sound fidelity. This is a fantastic buy. I've owned many, many pairs in the last 30 years and these are at the top. It is important to have them running 25 to 30 hours at first to get them into their proper mojo. It's worth the wait. Way to go, Audioquest, and Amazon! High-end Audio components for the working class. Bravo!

It's been more than a year I'm using this cable with my Audioengine B1 Bluetooth DAC and works awesome compared with the cable I had before (Monster Cable THX) Music sounds more detailed and rich in the upper and lower frequencies. Difference is night and day.

It sounded really good for four months until it died, should have paid attention to the other reviews on this site of cable failure

Did a comparison with regular RCA cable - it does sound better. Whether 80 dollars better or not - depends on your equipment and the size of your wallet. But improvement is there. Quality, however, is lacking. One of the channels was going off periodically, especially if you rattle the cable a bit. I was also surprised that right and left aren’t easy to identify - both are exactly the same color, and only tiny letters in black and white written on them help you to figure out which one is which. Still, weirdly enough, the letters aren’t even red and white, but black and white. I guess it is because cable itself is red, but wasn’t there some way around that? I would definitely expect more from an 80 dollar cable.

UPDATED 2/18: I got around to installing my 2nd pair of these and this time there's no trouble with buzzing and they sound great! Subtle differences, but enough to warrant the purchase. If you're into audio you probably know most upgrades are just subtle improvements built on subtle improvements to eventually make big improvements. This is a great price to performance cable without getting into the land of ridiculously priced cables. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I was very much looking forward to using these. Once I hooked them up I couldn't stop the buzzing I was getting from my left channel and it didn't go away or get drowned out while music was playing. I couldn't replicate the noise with the interconnects that came with my turntable nor the Monoprice I bought from Amazon. It looked like the problem was where the two channels came together at the plastic piece as I could sometimes get the noise to quiet just a little when playing with that. Hopefully it was just one bad cable. I'm going to try again with another set and will update this review then. At one time I had Audioquest's Evergreen line of cables and they worked fine with the same turntable/receiver setup.

Prima kabel waarschijnlijk maar voor mijn set niet geschikt. Geluid te donker en terughoudend. De standaard kabel die bij de node N130 zat gewoon beter. Blijft dus altijd proberen

Pour aller sur un project phono box s3b. Les fiches ne sont pas suffisamment écarté et trop rigide donc inutilisables sur des right left trop espacés. Dommage cable de haute qualité et bien sûr utilisable sur d'autres configurations. 5 étoiles 🌟 pour la qualité sonore.

Great product, will take a bit of time to burn in, this just an addition to other Golden Gate RCA"S I have, The grip like crazy so if if you like to swap and change these are not for you. If you are a plug and forget person like myself you cant go wrong. Just make sure your RCA inputs/outputs are of normal spacing apart.

Ottimo cavo , il mio impianto ora è collegato con questi cavi e il risultato è ottimo.

Fijn geluid. Zeer goede kabel.