Vintage receiver vs New Mini Hi-Fi system ?

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I am a bit septical about "the power of cables".
What difference do you hear between those cables?
How can they make any sound difference at all?(this cable delivers more bass,this one is a bit low on the mid,etc).
Thanks

There is no "power of cables", although some wish it were so.
Good shielded cables, with gold plated plugs, is all you need.
I have HDMI from monoprice, BTW, they work great.
THE "MINI" SYSTEM is not junk, but junk squared, great for a shelf in the garage, but thats about it, clock radio amps, and speakers, not even made by Sony, someone makes them for Sony.
A decent receiver would simplify your system somewhat, but if you are doing remote recording, you will need an entirely different rig.
ONE WORD OF ADVICE, the Cassette is obsolete, whatever you make will be lowered to its specs, which are poor in todays world.
ANY AUDIO FILES YOU MAKE need to be stored in lossless form on a very good HD with a backup.