Long XLR's: PAD Venustas versus Mogami

As I have posted many times beore...there is no "best" cable. All cables sound different hooked up with different components. I just love Anti=Cables with MY components, after trying much of the top line stuff from PAD, Nordost, Kimber, Cardas, Audioquest, MIT, etc., etc., I lucked out because AntiCables are inexpensive too.

Next time "refuse that" and you won't have to appologize.
I have another Purist cable that once was full and now empty. With everything else remaining the same, the sound is worse in every respect.
Also, some people on this forum appear to be unable to actually hear anything.

Regarding the speaker spike suggestion...After messing around with spikes for many years I recently put Vibrapods under my smallish floorstanding speakers (wood floor). Sounds great...and I see more speaker manufacturers (and tweek designers) using some form of speaker "de-coupling" technology (like the Sonus Faber Amati Futura). Is this a paradigm shift?

Boston Audio makes graphite/steel tune blocks to be used under spiked speakers. Anyone tried this?

My experience with coupling versus de-coupling varies based on the room/floor/subfloor and speakers.

When I had my listening room in the basement with a concrete (carpeted) floor, coupling worked very well.

My current room incorporates a floating wood floor system and de-coupling works better in this room. I run Wilson W/P speakers mostly, but others as well. Though I am contemplating the use of a largish marble/stone slab for its mass/weight and placing the speakers on this. Have others tried this approach and what has their experiences been?