Amir of ASR admitted 1 cable sounded better than the other. NOT CLICKBAIT

@phillyb You made a lot of great points and I agree with the majority of them. However, your biggest point that highlighted in bold, sounds great on paper but problematic in practicality. 

"The best sound investment is in your room acoustics and making your room audio-only with a proper speaker setup. "

What's wrong with this?

1) Well, most of us can only modify a room to a certain degree, usually a rug, some wall treatments here and there. We cannot go full-on audio treatment mode in a room for many reasons. 

2) Even having a lot of treatments is problematic in itself, it is something not easily gotten right. 

3) It suggests that we should focus mainly on the room and mostly negate other aspects. Head-fi is primarily headphones, no room treatments, and they still care significantly about their cables. It's true. 

Btw, if anyone can teach me how to properly quote a post, that would be highly appreciated. 

We have to accept 1 fact - that most people cannot hear a difference between components and cables. It is nothing new or surprising. You cannot hear a difference between DACs? Welcome to the 90% of humanity club. You cannot hear a difference between cables? Welcome to the same 90% club.

If I grab my entire family, none of which are audiophiles nor hobbyists, but they do love music - and ask them if 2 amps sound different, they will not be able to tell. Cables? They will not be able to tell. 

If I grab random strangers on the street? Same thing. Most people will not understand the difference. However, some will be able to tell X has more or less bass. And that Y sounds clearer or more details. 

Again, to bring the point home. Most people cannot hear a difference between 2 pieces of gear. 

Better cable = better sound, is logic 101. 

I want to hear the logic of people who think all cables sound the same. It’s anti-logic at best. A banana plug and a spade are fundamentally different both in materials and in physicality. With this in mind, how can one believe 100,000 cables all have the same sound?

1 question that will lead everyone to the right place:
Does speaker cable degrade the original signal?

Brilliant Kerry: 

Here is a perfect solution to the great cable debate:

1. Buy whatever cables make you happy.

2. Don’t waste your time fretting over which cables someone else chooses to buy.

problem solved. 

I have clone Furutech cables form China that sound close to higher end Kimber and even Nordost. Yes, I can hear the difference, but it is not worth the significant cost to me (or important enough for me to get on cable treadmill). The cable debate is a fun one, but not much middle ground between the 'objectiveists' and 'subjectiveists'. Once my I have settled into my gear, the best sonic gains have been in my  room setup.

Btw, if anyone can teach me how to properly quote a post, that would be highly appreciated

@samureyex , if you mean copy and paste so you don’t have to type it out, piece of cake!

Simply hold your finger on what you want to quote, those bracketing thingies will appear with the word ’copy’ among other choices. Slide your finger over what you want to copy. When it’s highlighted, tap ’copy’. It’s now saved for you to ’paste’. Go to the box on here where we write stuff and tap the quote icon, the double comma looking thing. Tap that, and a vertical line will appear. Hold your finger just to the right of it. That selection box will appear again, now tap ’paste’ and what you highlighted and copied will appear.