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A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt?

We spend quite a bit in cables for our systems, I'm wondering how much overall sonic improvement we get from cables? Let me explain my thought.....

I'm very happy with my current cabling (IC's, PC's, digital coax, and speaker cables). I was thinking about removing ALL of them and putting in ALL the original stuff I started with (stock PC's, cheap Monster IC's, Monster digital coax, and Monster XP copper speaker wire).

Then listening to the system to see how much degradation in sound I would have. Has anybody else thought of doing this or has done this?
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sherod
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Fatparrot,
I also hear a marked difference when downgrading the cables,components. Maybe because the new stuff usually has to go through a lengthy break-in period before you notice the improvement. The older cables need basically a short "settling" in period, so the ear has less time to adapt.
sherod
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My best listening on my system is usually after 11:00 P.M. Obviously because there is less garbage in the AC.
sherod
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Audiofeil states:

"Cables are system and listener dependent. It's that simple."

That sums it up as well for me. Cables, regardless of their cost, are very system dependent and subjective percentage improvement can only be subjectively quantified by the user in his own system.
sherod
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"most components in current production are relatively "colorless", that is they don't have any serious audible flaws."

I have to disagree with this statement. I've heard too many components that are colored and some do have some serious audible flaws, regardless of what cables are being used to "fine-tune" the system. IMHO
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