With this cable midrange, the Audioquest Golden Gate, qualified (on the site of its "video") "performance", to connect my player to my X3 Fiio audiophile amplifier (Onkyo TX-NR 709) and HP MK. If this cable construction finish is quite satisfactory and very good strength Announces & rigidity, rendering sound level I expected a little shiver ... Certainly the treble, mid and low property are there, and are very well balanced. If this cable "job well done", I wonder if the qualifier "performance" (still on the site "her video") is deserved. Given the price it is normal to be required. I hesitated with the Evergreen Audioquest RCA mini-jack cable, called "classic" and sold twice expensive ... I did not test it, but I confess that I would have liked. That said, however, that cable 3 * definitely deserves 5 stars without any worry! -)