Originally Posted by ncpl
What's interesting is that this whole debate is about beliefs more than experiences. I don't think it should make a difference therefore I am in that camp. I think it does make a difference so I am in that other camp.
Nick; you say that as if it's a surprise. Most beliefs are based on previous experiences. None of us are 11 years old; we've been through X years and probably been surprised less often with each passing year as our experience makes us (generally) better as getting things right / not being surprised too often.

I think cables may make a difference but it's a bit like weather forecasts these days. Is they say it will be dry tomorrow it almost certainly will be, and if it does rain then you can be pretty sure that there wont be much rain. Cables may make a difference but I'd be very surprised if it made much of a difference and do I want to spend $$$ and X hours researching / trying / returning various cables until I'm happy? No, I do not, life's too short but I fully understand that others want to chase down that final 1%, and good luck to them.

HiFi+ many years ago did an "objective" cable test with ~ 6 cables from fairly modest to fairly astronomical. I think it may have been a blind test, from memory. They went through the results and said that one of the expensive ones didn't do as well as expected as the system used didn't suit it. No such excuses were used / needed for the cheap cables.

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