Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference?


I use a mix of different cables for interconnect, speaker and digital cables.  I have no complaints. The music sounds great!   I seize upon good values for superior cables from Audiogon and Audiomart US.  I'm setting up a system in another room  and I'm wondering if I should stick with one brand of cable throughout or just keep buying high quality cables regardless of brand.  I'd appreciate your thoughts.

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Showing 1 response by rolox

It's hard to answer. Having a full loom will maximize the positive effects, but also the negatives. 

In my case I stayed for a long while with a full loom of a cable I adore, but ended up with an unnatural sounding system. Turns out having rhodium plugs everywhere wasn't such a good idea - in my system at least. I now have a mix of cables with the same wire materials and geometry but with gold plating after the source, silver plating between preamp and active crossover, rhodium before the amps, and it's much better. I'm about to try another gold cable between preamp and crossover and see where it brings me. Effects are cumulative. Voicing a system is like cooking. 

YMMV, as always.