While I respect the views of those who through personal and in some cases very long positive experience with a cable loom, my ears will probably never discern a difference among high quality elements from different companies. I don't have the Golden Ear ability to distinguish between the subtle differences in SQ described by equipment reviewers and members of this forum. When I was at Axpona in April at a Nordost exhibit, the rep there put me down for not having a Nordost loom. My system sounds great nevertheless with mix and match. I am able to distinguish some differences in cables. I started out with inexpensive Cullen IC and digital Cables (heavy gauge copper) but I sensed a "blanket" over the music compared to my older Kimber cables. My speaker cables were Nordost Blue Heaven, (upgraded to Tyr 2) in both cases. My outlets are 20 amp and my conditioner and power cables are Shunyata. I then switched to Synergistic silver and the difference to me was dramatic (and no harshness as some have warned). But posting the question was my own reality check.
Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference?
I use a mix of different cables for interconnect, speaker and digital cables. I have no complaints. The music sounds great! I seize upon good values for superior cables from Audiogon and Audiomart US. I'm setting up a system in another room and I'm wondering if I should stick with one brand of cable throughout or just keep buying high quality cables regardless of brand. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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