Cable Enthusiasts. When it comes to cables it’s about quality and matching. THOUGHTS?

@mulveling 

I think many of us (including myself) have/had a strong bias to assume more expensive cabling should sound better is some way - but that’s a very weak correlation, if at all.

100%. One example of this is companies that sell direct and skip the distributor AND the dealer mark ups.

Q: What is the best cable?
A: The one with the best margin.

Kidding...sort of...

I also hate the marketing fluffy, BS terminology. Just describe materials, construction.

Anyway, I agree cables matter but I either buy direct or used and don't believe you must have a complete loom (although they look nice) because the applications/requirements/synergies are different between SC/PC/IC etc.

I.E., the speakers have no idea and don't care what ICs you are using.

Try what works for you in your system. All of us have different levels of equipment , speakers, cables and Dacs. In different listening environments 

When I discovered AudiogoN many years ago, I had no experience with high-end audio.  I couldn’t afford much but was fascinated by the tech - and the underlying physics.  I was like a sponge - learning from all of the veteran audiophiles in the various discussion groups.  There were plenty of posters who ranted about ’high-end’ cabling as marketing nonsense.   Not knowing who to believe, I took the easiest path of dismissing ’status’ brands.   But I was always curious about their R&D.    

Each of the components in my modest system are from different companies.  Several are boutique brands.   I wondered if a full loom of cabling from the same company might provide a coherent and dynamic SQ.  When I read this favorable review, I took the plunge to try just one - with a 30 day return trial period.  It never went back.  Now, I have almost a complete loom of Synergistic Research cabling.  The tuning modules allow me to tweak the SQ.  Along with cleaning up the power, my modest system has never sounded so good.

@kennymacc +1

While a full loom of cables seems logical, I find it hard to believe that any cable company can make equally good interconnects - power cables - speaker cables or digital/HDMI cables. My personal experience backs this up; so, I won't ever go with a full loom of cables again, because there was always a let- down with something. Of course, YMMV.

It's completely opposite. If a company knows how to make any cable correctly, they can make other cables correctly too. No company's figured out how to make a single cable correctly yet. I know this because I make all cables correctly. Alex/Wavetouch audio

mitchagain   While a full loom of cables seems logical, I find it hard to believe that any cable company can make equally good interconnects - power cables - speaker cables or digital/HDMI cables. My personal experience backs this up; so, I won't ever go with a full loom of cables again, because there was always a let- down with something.