I also have a few little orphaned systems (systems I started and decided not to finish). I had a little home theater setup for a bedroom. Turned out I never used it. So off to the chopping block it went. Sold the receiver, tv. I cannabilized the cables as I needed them at the time, but now most of them have been demoted to the (sniff) closet. I've actually given away some of the decent cables to friends who are just starting their system. Nice S-video cable to the friend who bought my tv, decent optical link to the friend who bought the receiver. I'm trying to sell the speaker set to another friend of mine. To him I will gift one of my unused Transparent coax digital cables (I have two!). Normally I keep the really good stuff because I never know when I might need it. But now I believe this is getting out of hand. I literally have two closet shelves full of unused interconnects, digital cables, video cables and speaker wire. Its like a mini parts warehouse. But hey, I don't have a problem or anything. I can stop hoarding this stuff any time I want. :)
Do your Cables migrate thru your system?
I initially bought a pair of Audioquest Emerald ICs for my CD player/receiver setup (eons ago). Then I upgraded to separates and got a good deal on a run of Lapis from the CD to the pre-amp. The Emerald got demoted to the pre-amp/amp run. Then I found another run of Lapis to fill in from the pre-amp to amp. The Emerald got kicked out the system all together and demoted to home theater. Yes, I run Emerald for my front speakers. Bought the DVD player and got a run of Coral for free. This connects the rears. I bought a five-channel amp and got a run of Opal for free. One half connects the center channel. The other half...the sub. I've never bought a cable for home theater, I just used the fall-out from my audio system or got free stuff. Anyone else have a similar story?