It really does seem to be system dependent. I had tried Blue Jean for interconnect and digital, changing each out in different configs to compare with my Mediabridge and another decent generic at the time. BJC elicited surprising presence, but seemed to place a veil over the tone of instruments and voices. Returned them and got Zu mission for interconnect and amplifier surgery 1.5 meter digital coax. Everything opened up, tone is now rich, more spacious, image placement, detail. Only a little brighter, which was also what I was lookin for! Don’t know why metallurgy and slight differences in construction and shielding, connectors (in this case a bit of silver in the mix), could make such an astounding difference.