What Cables should I try?

at this point it is almost imposssible to predict the performance of a cable. listen to as many cables in your price range as possible.

until a cable has been heard in manu systems, it is hard to have confidence that it will perform in a certain way in another system.

in other words, if say, 100 ( ??) users report a consistent sonic characteristic, there is insufficient corroboration to satisify one's objectives.

maybe 100 is too high, but some number isn't

oops i goofed. i meant to imply that if there is sufficient corroboration of a sonic signature, one may have some confidence that the performance will be replicated in another stereo system. but, since such an approach is inductive, there is only some probability of getting the same results as others.