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DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

Yes they do.  I’m not here to advocate for any particular brand but I’ve heard a lot and they do matter. High Fidelity reveal cables, Kubala Sosna Elation and Clarity Cable Natural. I’m having a listening session where all of them is doing a great job. I’ve had cables that were cheaper in my system but a nicely priced cable that matches your system is a must.  I’m not here to argue what I’m not hearing because I have a pretty good ear.  I’m enjoying these three brands today and each is presenting the music differently but very nicely. Those who say cables don’t matter. Get your ears checked.  I have a system that’s worth about 30 to 35k retail.  Now all of these brands are above 1k and up but they really are performing! What are your thoughts. 
calvinj

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dorkwad
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Very cool, Calvinj.  I finally found the components I truly love the sound of.  The last thing I did was move the sound a little more organic with the choice of cables.  The Schroeder method of shotgunning the same cables so you have 2 sets of cables going to one component, made a great difference in the sound towards more realism.
dorkwad
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Listen to the howling mob of blockheads in the street,  a trick or two with listening tests, and the whole crowd's on its feet.  I'm with Doug Schroeder on this one--if it is not a significant change for the better, than it is most likely a waste of money.  If you have heard a whole new level of sound when switching to a different IC, PC, of SC, which I have SOMETIMES, don't tell me cables don't matter!  VERY SMALL changes in sound aren't worth the trouble and often the cost it takes to buy the new one and sell the other.  The changes that are a new paradigm to you are just awesome, especially when you can do so for a small money difference.
dorkwad
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When you have 3 people sitting there listening to a system they have heard a number of times each in the past few years.   All listen to the same 4-5 cuts using one set of cables, and then all listen to the same 4-5 cuts using the other set of cables.  Each of them concludes in similar ways on what was improved, and it was transformational to the system.  This was done with broken in cables that one or both of them brought over to hear.  I had not bought anything yet, and really had no desire to do so, unless there was a significant difference in the sound and it took my system to a much more realistic sound.  Being as all that happened, I then ordered the said cables from the distributer, or I bought them from one of my friends at a used price.  Call it what you want, that is THE way to do listening tests and to possibly see if something is a vast improvement to your system IMO.
dorkwad
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I'll have to agree with Doug Schroeder of Dagogo and Mike Powell of Verastarr cables that choice of cables will make or break a system.  I'm definitely learning that.  
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