I have demoed many speaker cables including clearday and those gave a midrange suck out which forced me to turn up the volume alot. The bass was more pronounced than many others I did not like them. Also one of the cables I had tried Granite audio which was a very good cable however all frequencies were louder than any other cable I tested. Over 15 different names. So your not trippin.
Some speaker cables produce lower/higher volume?
I recently auditioned two speaker cables: Audio Art SC5, and Clear Day single silver cable. The Clear Day required a higher volume level on my pre-amp than the Audio Art. Are some speaker cables, LIKE SPEAKERS, rated at higher or lower efficiency which determines volume levels??