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Is cable synergy important?

I ask this because for a long time I didn't think it mattered much if you mixed and matched cables.
You know, use brand A company for the speaker wire and company B for interconnect etc.
However my recent experience with Clear Day cables has got me convinced that if the cables do what you like then stick with the same brand and cable up.
I had puchased the Clear Day cables and really enjoyed how they cleaned up the sound of my SET amp and Tannoy speakers.
So much so that I thought I would audition the Clear Day IC with the very nice xhadow xlrs, just the ticket for my new Red Dragon Leviathans.
It was a very nice match and strengthened all the good things that the speaker cables did.
My system is now the most revealing it has ever been and not in the least bit etched or zingy.
So at least with my positive experience in using speaker wire and interconnect from the same company(Clear Day)I would say that cable synergy is important.
lacee

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sns
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No absolutes here, whatever works, works.
sns
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I don't see anyone here talking down your choice of Clear Day. You asked about cable synergy, got answers to that question. Now you do sound like a shill for Clear Day.
sns
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Lacee, your last post should have come earlier. Your original post was benign enough and didn't warrant questioning your motives. Later posts made it seem like Clear Day was objectively head and shoulders above all other cables. Objectivity is likely impossible to find in this hobby, anyone feigning objectivity is opening themselves up to motive questioning.

Synergy and relativity are the only absolute rules in audio, all statements about 'can't be beat,' 'best design,' blah, blah, blah are a real turnoff!

I also find no inherent reason why using all cables from same manufacturer and/or design should sound better than any mix and match. Components are all mix and match (even if all from same manufacturer), ie. synergies are unique. Connecting all these unique sounding components together with exactly the same cabling will yield the same variable results as mixing and matching cables. Essentially, you cannot get invariable results from highly variable test subjects.

Putting together a system is not rocket science, in fact I doubt there is much or any science involved. Systems are put together based on how they make us feel music rather than objective sonic performance.
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