Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money

anyway, back to the op’s original question. 90% of the quality for much less money.

That’s a given, an easy one.

It’s due to the point that 95-97% (I mean, pick a percentage, it’s not like there’s some known quantity and standard, here) of what a cable does, at the high end of things..is available for considerably less. The key being that it is only those last few percentage points that we fight for, in most any endeavor. eg, beer, or scotch or any commodity or goods. Tires, cars, and so on. All the same, relatively speaking... and only a few percentage points separate the cheapies from the extreme.

It plays out in cables the same way it does everywhere else in the world.

100% of what we look for plays out in the last few peak percentage points. Everyone’s got almost all of what is attempted at being brought forth, in broad electrical measurement terms, that is.. Even the $0.25 cable that comes with the $29 dvd player at Walmart. 

Those last few given percentage points is where all the effort, brain power, and money is applied.

Results vary, of course.

teo_audio, I disagree with your mathematics, I think we fight for more than a few percentage points. $0.25 cable and even $500 cable are very far apart.

My daughters name is Elizabeth so I have to agree with her namesakes post!  As for the 90% equivelancy range...well, I’ve heard some pretty awful cheap stuff and horrid expensive stuff.  Really do have to address system and cables individually.  Assuming the cheap stuff can give you a high percentage of the best sound available is not accurate.  Occasionally you can get close with a value brand though!

Just ordered a set, 3 sets actually, of Cabledyne Synergy RCA/RCA. Two of the sets, 1 meter, were demos and half price. The third is a half meter, N.I.B..................You can put me in the cables don't make much difference camp I guess. I do think there are audible differences, but I'm guessing they're subtle and system dependent. I'm done, for now, buying hardware, so I thought I'd stick a toe into the cable pool.

My current cables are a mix of cheap Monster, cheap AQ, and the throw away stuff that's comes free with everything, so I'm curious to see.......hear actually, if there will be a difference. Granted, the Cabledynes that I bought are hardly high end, at least from a $$$ perspective, but they are certainly better than the junk I have now, so it could prove interesting.

Never heard of Cabledyne until I joined up here. I checked out their site and they looked like decent, low(er) priced cable. They have a 40 day trial period, so worst case, I don't hear any improvements and send them back for the cost of shipping, can't lose :) Best case, they'll give me a new appreciation for cables.

I'll let you know what I think after they're in the system for a couple weeks.............

If anybody else is or has used them, I'd be interested in your experience