Cool, thanks for the response. In the end it's all about just trying things out. I have some new cables but I'm waiting for a little break in time before I try to compare them.
most important?
In theory if you had two cables, one good and one bad, how should you use them? Which config will effect sound the most....ic from source to pre-amp or ic from pre-amp to amp? My first thought would be to use the "good" cable from the source to the pre-amp, following the "can't get better than the source" theory. But if you're choking the amp off it may not matter how good the source is. Just curious.