DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

I think that the most important thing for cable naysayers to understand is:

"Emergent science does not come out of the barrel of a textbook."

It’s important to understand that even Einstein received death threats, from within the world of science, from lesser minds.

Max Planck (the origin point for the quantum sciences) made a point of mentioning this problem, in his quote,

"Science advances -funeral by funeral".

What he meant...was that the non exploring dogmatic textbook waving and thumping types, when they die their grip is lessened and science can finally move on to where it should have been, if they had not been around... their inability to understand (and those who listen/gather to them) --being what held science and human advancement back.

DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

Yes, it does.  But the PROBLEM is that it matters NOT THAT MUCH in overall music listening experience.  It provides WORST ROI for any upgrade in your overall hifi system.  CABLES that cost over a few hundred bucks are NOT the first upgrade, but it should be the LAST UPGRADE if you can afford and have Sound Sommelier Level of Golden Ear, which is RARE. 

What provides EVEN WORSE ROI is investing in Digital Transport Cable such as USB or Optical.  Again, after you upgrade everything else and analog cables, then you want to upgrade the digital cables, the VERY LAST.

Ah, the timeless 1s and 0s argument against digital cables. Brilliant!

mach12,

You are a brave man. Even mentioning digital may be a step too far in some circles.

Oh, goodie! Another subject glupson will attempt to facilitate.