Who says cables don't make a difference?

I believe that cables definitely make a difference because all the people spending 10k-70k are not stupid to do so without hearing any difference 
I’m only using stock power cord and SVS speakers cables and interconnects because they looks gorgeous to me
Also have Audioquest NRG4 power cord I got from eBay I bought them just for the looks 
i believe 20amp lines speakers cables and power cord  make a difference But I can’t afford it We still don’t have a proper to way to measure them I know measurements and performance is different it doesn’t always translate good or bad 

watch this video from audioholics 


https://youtu.be/Rgun97VK7y8

Mahgister-

It’s not that silver cables “add something” over their copper equivalents, it’s that silver subtracts less because it’s a better conductor and has less resistance and possibly less capacitive and inductive reactance.
And in my considerable experience, things like shungite, quartz, myrtlewood, and the like placed on top of electrical components such as amplifier transformers achieve their results through a pair of phenomena called confirmation bias and expectational bias. But if you think these things make your system sound better, then that’s all that matters, isn’t it? Me, I think taking the money that others spend on improvements of dubious scientific worth, And buying more music improves my system immensely. :)

" And in my considerable experience, things like shungite, quartz, myrtlewood, and the like placed on top of electrical components such as amplifier transformers achieve their results through a pair of phenomena called confirmation bias and expectational bias."

Great, this again... Or, maybe they do shield the system from electromagnetic interference.

In regard to your statement about cheap IC’s not "adding anything" to the signal... If only. They add a level of harshness & haze to the signal that CAN BE eliminated with a cable of proper design.

imo cables matter

but it is also the easiest area to go overboard with lowest cost / benefit

lots of snake oil in the cable market, moreso than in components i wd say

cables prices vs production costs leads to highest margins in the industry, thus the greed/exploitation factor is the most extreme (in an industry where the average level of marketing bs is already fairly high)

And in my considerable experience, things like shungite, quartz, myrtlewood, and the like placed on top of electrical components such as amplifier transformers achieve their results through a pair of phenomena called confirmation bias and expectational bias. But if you think these things make your system sound better, then that’s all that matters, isn’t it? Me, I think taking the money that others spend on improvements of dubious scientific worth, And buying more music improves my system immensely. :)

I respect your experience, but mine is different...

Do you think that my unconscious was inventing a specific bias to the compressive effect of sound by shungite, the very different decompressive effect of quartz? the audible effect on the imaging by kambaba jasper, the cleaning powerful effect on all frequencies of herkimer diamond and all other very specific effects of all stones, negative effects and positives effects also of lava beads, amethysts, Tourmaline ?

For the money question, all my tweaks are homemade and low costs, all comes from my own experiments... All my idea are free and i sell nothing...

The results are powerful and cost peanuts, there is limit to what your imagination can create without your consent except among few total lunatics in asylum unfit to walk... Your answer remind me of the explanation about UFO by military intelligence 60 years ago....Awake yourself....Dont trust others and experiment yourself ....

:)