Anticables

In other words, average equipment will produce average sound, no matter how "great" the cables may be... and... "great" equipment will produce "great" sound from most reasonably designed cables made from quality materials that don’t cost very much... whether the cables cost a little... or... a lot.

bassdude, - quote of the week!....although it is only Monday...still, pretty good IMO

BTW, the cables in question are the 6.2 ABSOLUTE Signature RCA which is their top of the line.

I guess for now I'll swap out my current tubes with my best 1975 Reflektor silver shields...maybe swap back in my Utopia's original cabling and see what comes out of it...

I would keep in mind the possibility that you might have been similarly disappointed if you had purchased pretty much any other brand of $600 interconnects.  Components and systems vary widely in their sensitivity to cable differences, and in ways that do not necessarily correlate with their sonic quality or musical resolution.

Regards,
-- Al
 

I think for peace of mind, the best way to do cables is by home audition through the Cable Company. You'll get advice on what's likely to work and then you can pick three cables to audition. Then you can decide if one is synergistic with your system or if all three offer no improvement over your current cables. At worst, you lose 5%, cheap price considering. I found I liked Purist Audio Designs over some well-known competitors and I thought I would prefer Kimber. My two cents.

For what it's worth, I have been extremely impressed by their power cables (Level 3).  They have outperformed more expensive cables in my system, and it wasn't close.  Haven't tried any of their other cables, but in my rig the power cables are excellent (and a bargain).  

I think you're using the term "scam" too liberally here.  You didn't like their ICs - it happens.  I don't like Kimber in my setup, but Kimber is not a scam.

svott