Crump, you and the others help me to not feel I am the oldest audiophile. I too started with the Fulton welding cables of 29" length because the babooms at the Minn. zoo responded to recorded alerts at that length. This is a very slippery slope.
What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ?
I admit that I'm a cable junkie. It started for me back in 1979 when I changed out some Monster Cable zip-type speaker cables for the then new MIT MH-750 Music Hose. Ever since then, I have always been obsessed with cables( interconnects,speaker cables, and power cords)I keep telling myself that my system is fine, but ultimately I yearn to try out a new power cord to see if I can get that last bit of resolution. Any other cable nuts like me, or do I have a unique problem that a real audiophile doesn't have.