The Asylum cable from DIYcable.com might be another choice. The Asylum cable is touted as a great value and I believe its priced near the Absolute cord. I haven't used the Absolute so I can't comment but as the other posters have indicated it would appear you will have to spend considerably more to get better performance. I will say that some gear is less likely to realize any sonic improvement. I've had good success with aftermarket pcs on my preamp's power supply and my modded 333ES cd player but no luck on my Bryston 4B-ST amp - the caveat being I've never tried any of the big boys on it but all pcs priced at $200 or less never did a thing. If you can audition one before buying that would make more sense but if you can't buy used as you will lose less if anything at all if you can't truly find there is a difference...
power cables? What can I expect?
I have a pair of Martin logan speakers, and a Audio Refinement amp, they have only the original cables that came with them, I do however have all nordost interconnects and speaker wire, I am only able to spend $50, per cord at this time since I have a new daughter ( and new bills ) I know I can't afford nordost what about monster or just something else that would be good? Thanks for any infor, Nick