Who says cables don't make a difference?

Cleeds,

Perhaps if some people, in the absence of being able to make and communicate a reasonable argument, just stepped back from their keyboard as opposed to resorting to insults that add nothing to the conversation, then yes. Till then ....   I won't apologize for defending myself.

I just shared this post on a much older thread, but I think it is also of relevance here? 

So, yesterday I purchased a 3 meter Madrigal HPC XLR interconnect set (for peanuts 🥜 $173.50 ! ).

After having now looked at this helical planar construction (behind the connectors) it shows how incredibly delicate this cable construction actually is!
I had initially planned to chop it up, and make 2 or 3 shorter cables from it.
But looking at the construction made me change my mind in a chiffy! 🙄😜

So now instead, I tried these items between my ML326S pre and my PASS X350.5 amp, replacing my Transparent Music Link Ultra... what an astounding difference this presented!!! 
Now so much for cables making a difference! 

They do sound brighter, but also clearer, more open, and have more PRAT than the 1.5 meter Transparent Ultra set, - which by comparison are build like a tank!
A far less delicate construction, but truly well made, for sure.

Now, if ones system is on the bright side those Madrigal HPC's - might - just be too much of a good thing, but if not - wow, they sounds about as delicate and refined as I do not recall having heard e.g. listening to piano CD recordings of Beethoven and Chopin.
Addictive in one word.

Listening to badly mastered CDs... - it gets pretty terrible e.g. "The Best Of David Sanbborn" - so... by comparison the Transparent shows less of that - badness -, for sure.
So for now, I decided to keep the HPC set in my system, it just sounds too good, so delicate, so right - and this for a 30 odd year old cable! KUDOS to Madrigal of old!
And AGAIN, yes, cables DO make a difference in deed. 
Michélle 🇿🇦
 PS: To note, those HPC cables are constructed to have VERY low capacitance and need an amp input impedance *minimum* of 10k ohm. 

Why would a low capacitance cable need a high impedance amplifier input?

roberttdid
Cleeds,

Perhaps if some people, in the absence of being able to make and communicate a reasonable argument, just stepped back from their keyboard as opposed to resorting to insults that add nothing to the conversation, then yes. Till then .... I won’t apologize for defending myself.

>>>>>So, besides begin a pseudo scientist you’re also a hypocrite? Makes sense, most of them are. 

Unfortunately, my point was proven too early Cleeds.