Do you buy 'em, or solder up your own?
 
I discovered recently that a bunch of (admittedly) cheap 3' link cables I'd bought were noisy rubbish so they went into the bin.  I generally make up my own balanced cables, but buy guitar and link ones.
 
I've no interest in paying $2K for an Allesandro 'pro' cable, actually their sales blurb is hysterically funny:
 
"Silver is the final word in conductor material, being the most musical metal known"
 
Right...
 
Shame it has to interface with all those non-musical metals in the signal path innit ;-)  They'll be saying that an electric guitar's wood makes a difference to the tone next...
 
Anyway, I'm going to be either buying some new cables or making my own up soon so was wondering what other people used?  For example, I've found an eshop in the UK which sells George L cable and plugs which you can use to make up your own cables.  
Any ideas/suggestions appreciated :-)
 

I use George L's cable but soldered Neutrik or Swithcraft jacks. The George L's right-angle jacks just aren't reliable enough in my experience. They're OK for a while but eventually start crackling or failing and need the connection remaking. The screw tops also have a habit of working loose, and if used on pedals without the plastic covers can ground out if they contact each other.

If I am after a "premium" cable, I use Mogami.  They offer lifetime warranty.

Cheers folks, those replies back up the suggestions I've found on other (mainly guitar-orientated) forums.

I use George L's .155 cable exclusively with my pedal steel guitar.  But, I only use the straight connectors, the right angles are not reliable. They came out with an improved style right angle connector but for some unknown reason they were discontinued.  I've used George L's since the company started selling it in the 80's.  The company, L&L sales originally was Bill Lawrence and George Lewis.  Bill Lawrence sold his part to his partner, George Lewis.  Thus the "George L's" brand name. 
 
George L's is very low capacitance cable (measured 25pf per foot on a digital capacitance tester). 
 
In the years that I've used George L's I've only had to redo one end. 
 
 
As a side note, I also use George L's strings (stainless steel wound) on my Pedal Steel Guitar.  Also George Lewis was a Pearl Harbor survivor.  Both George and his wife have passed on.  Their daughter now runs the company in Madison (Nashville) Tn.
 
 

George L's for me....
 
augmented by cables i have custom made for me at a very nearby facility that does pro sound....
 
canare cable, with Neutrik ends.
really nice.

Anybody tried something like this:
 
http://www.till.com/articles/PreampCable/
 
?
 
There doesn't seem to be anything like this commercially available, but it'd be an interesting DIY project.

that's only going to work for people that want a very specific sound.
 
most players rely on the losses that occur with certain lengths...
and low pf's can give clarity without harsh strident highs.....

I second the Mogami. Love those cables.

ston
Anybody tried something like this:

A preamp in a cable? Interesting idea, convert the signal to low impedance as it leaves the guiter...

You'd have to forget any idea of using a Fuzz Face or any of the early transistor fuzz circuits which depend heavily on the pickup and pots impedance of the guitar to produce the huge range of tones and drive available just by adjusting guitar volume though.