Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion HiFi & HT Chat The Old Snake Oil topic

The interesting points there are that you did notice a difference, so clearly both cables were doing (or not doing) something. The fact you preferred the original cables either means you just personally preferred whatever sound they were giving, or you are noticing that the equipment has been 'tuned' to sound good with the cables the manufacturer uses (presumably while they design it too?) rather than any particular aftermarket type.

The further you go down the RA type route, the further the need to have the system that designer uses to test such cables on - hence the fact the equipment he modded for me sounded superb on the end of them (?) I guess he uses the powerkords in all tuning/testing...