Affordable cables

We all know and can't dispute that SR and other uber expensive cables can do magic with your systems however most of us aspiring audiophiles simply can't afford them

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IMHO, a lot of the "magic" vs snake oil discussions are system dependent.

When I started , I was very cynical of costly  speaker cables. Then I heard the difference they made in a mid tier system.  

To me, cabling is very important.  Cost justified ?, that's a slippery slope.

One of the biggest cable discussions revolves around premium ether net cables ( its just "bits" ,etc. ) My new streaming system was installed with a basic ethernet cable. Selling dealer said I did not need more.  I had a used mid tier SR ethernet cable ( $350.) sent out on trial. ( just curious)

Guess what --it never went back. The difference was very obvious.

I believe in good  cables especially with good electronics. You don't have to go to top of the line stuff.  Buy used, for sure.  Experiment, no magic bullet and each system will sound different with different cables  Just like speakers--you want to find the sound right for you.

I own 2 systems. The second one consists of mostly dirt-cheap components (for instance, $59, 158..). I took lots of pain assembling the much more expensive first one, especially matching cables to each component, and it sounds divine. What I'd learned from the experience, I applied to the 2nd one. Quite surprisingly, it worked wonders. On some recordings, I like it better even. So I believe even the cheap electronics will benefit from well-matching cables. Please note that I didn’t say expensive, but well-matching.

Yeah, I am (in theory) an EE, but I have to say that it ALL seems to matter.  Some to a greater degree than others.  Just replaced my power conditioner and was shocked at how good it sounded.

Cables?  Yep.  You can go quite crazy on them.  I have found that Tridoe Wire Labs cables are a great blend of price/performance.  I use them for all my interconnects and most power.  But I have also demoed Shunyata and Transparent, the latter never left.

And ethernet???  It just shouldn't matter.  Just no.  But it does.

Audio Envy cables are excellent,I recently tried their interconnects and power cords.They are way way better than their low price would have you believe.

Blue Jeans cables make some extremely nice interconnects as well as spkr cables.