on topic, no anger
too Todd's point, I use DIY cat5 cables for both speaker and interconnects.
IMHO opinion there are so many other variables that the wires you use are the final piece to the puzzle. Since things like speaker placement and electronics (amps, sources, etc.) play such a huge role in the sound and wires so little I don't see any reason to spend megabucks on wires when other things have so much more impact. As I see it I will never reach the point, for that matter get even close, to spending money to improve components that I can justify spending more on wires.
If I was filthy rich I would play with wires but paying so much for wire is a huge waste of money on my budget. I think the elephant in the room is how much the sound varies between recordings. People spend way too much time optimizing their system for a particular group of recordings (whatever they consider to be their reference recordings) when optimizing for whatever they picked may have a negative impact on recordings they don't
On the other hand, I do find that when I have my wife stand in the corner on one leg and cluck like a chicken for a few minutes before a listening session that the sound waves bend downwards then slightly upwards as they approach my chair revealing subtle details that I would otherwise overlook. YMMV
too Todd's point, I use DIY cat5 cables for both speaker and interconnects.
IMHO opinion there are so many other variables that the wires you use are the final piece to the puzzle. Since things like speaker placement and electronics (amps, sources, etc.) play such a huge role in the sound and wires so little I don't see any reason to spend megabucks on wires when other things have so much more impact. As I see it I will never reach the point, for that matter get even close, to spending money to improve components that I can justify spending more on wires.
If I was filthy rich I would play with wires but paying so much for wire is a huge waste of money on my budget. I think the elephant in the room is how much the sound varies between recordings. People spend way too much time optimizing their system for a particular group of recordings (whatever they consider to be their reference recordings) when optimizing for whatever they picked may have a negative impact on recordings they don't
On the other hand, I do find that when I have my wife stand in the corner on one leg and cluck like a chicken for a few minutes before a listening session that the sound waves bend downwards then slightly upwards as they approach my chair revealing subtle details that I would otherwise overlook. YMMV