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Dan, I guess you have changed your mind :-)

Quoting Dan (on another forum)

May 6, 2015, 09:33 PM

"One thing I differ from you on is I see no value at all in the McIntosh branded stereo mini-jack cable used for power control of the components. There is no audio signal passing through this cable, only 5 volts or 12 volts to trigger the relay circuits and meter lighting. I use 6' stereo mini-jack cables from Parts Express that are priced less than $5.00 each. I see no reason to pay $60.00 for a 1 meter stereo mini-jack cable with McIntosh logos on the fancy gold connectors when I can achieve the exact same results with a Parts Express cable at approximately 8% of the cost of the McIntosh branded cable. If there was a performance gain to be acquired, that might alter my thinking but there is nothing the 1 meter McIntosh cable at $60.00 provides that the 6' Parts Express cable at $5.00 does not provide. Actually, I get an additional 31 inches of cable length to boot. I use 12 power control cables with my McIntosh components. That's $720.00 worth of McIntosh 1 meter mini-jack cables versus $60.00 worth of Parts Express 6' mini-jack cables. That means I have cabled my two McIntosh systems' components with power control cables for the price of 1 McIntosh branded 1 meter mini-jack cable."

I guess you have done it for looks rather than performance?