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Are cable recommendations worth anything?

I am a Denafrips dac owner. I use the Denafrips Facebook site for the same reasons I use this site.

Discourse, basic information and hopefully some enlightenment.
Recently one of the contributors asked the default question of "Can you recommend RCA cable brands that match well with Denafrips from dac to amplifier?"

Am I the only person that is confused when someone asks an open-ended question like this about cables?The sheer variety of "highly recommended" cables, lends me to believe that the cables are much less important to the sound than the component itself. Recommendations ran the gamut from the Tellurium Q Black Diamond cables at $1,100 CDN per metre, to the Blue Jeans cables at about $50 CDN per metre.

How does that make sense and how can this possibly help the poor slob that asked the question?
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mitch2
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This cable stuff is tiring and really seems to bring out the worst in people.  Why can't people share their listening experiences and make their cable recommendations without it turning into a competition and argument? 

Is is so hard to simply try the cables, listen for yourself, and then buy/keep what you like best, without the perpetual arguments between science and hearing, good ears and bad ears, resolving systems and boom boxes, expensive and cheap cables, and the contribution a cable makes to the overall sound of a system?  Why care if somebody else has a different opinion? 
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audio2design
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ahofer,

From what I understand, anything that looks like a "bet" is frowned upon here. Period. This is a commercial site. I can see why they avoid any potential to appear to be facilitating something like that. They don't have Facebook's lawyers. It is easier and safer just to discourage it. Whether what you suggested was good, valid or otherwise is not the point. Best to just let this one go.
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cleeds
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ahofer
... These things happen all the time and are quite legal. The double blind host gets compensated for his time. I pay him if I lose, but I ask that you do so if you can’t tell the difference. There is no DA on earth who would call it a scam.
You’re pursuing a scam.
Beware the audio guru.

No one serious about exploring valid double-blind tests would taint them by introducing elements of financial loss or gain. Remember, you want to avoid as many variables and outside influences as possible. That’s the whole point of doing a scientific test.
Nothing here has convinced me that you are anything but petrified to face reality on this point.
Still casting bait, eh? It’s best to give it a rest.
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