Back to the original question...
There are many companies that have an entry level tier all the way through “reference”. If you have a good local hifi shop, see if you can audition/demo some cabling. Audio Advisor has a 30 day return on pretty much everything I believe. SVS has some good cabling, even the McIntosh rep at my local shop recommends them. Transparent Audio has a trade up system, Audioquest does some good cables as well. I’ve got a set of Blue Jeans Belden 5000 10g on my Marantz/B&W system that sounds great. Great cable for the $. So many options... I will say this, for all the cable craziness, hands down, the best cable “upgrade” I have made is power. Both at the wall outlet and cable. I was astounded by the absolute difference.
There are many companies that have an entry level tier all the way through “reference”. If you have a good local hifi shop, see if you can audition/demo some cabling. Audio Advisor has a 30 day return on pretty much everything I believe. SVS has some good cabling, even the McIntosh rep at my local shop recommends them. Transparent Audio has a trade up system, Audioquest does some good cables as well. I’ve got a set of Blue Jeans Belden 5000 10g on my Marantz/B&W system that sounds great. Great cable for the $. So many options... I will say this, for all the cable craziness, hands down, the best cable “upgrade” I have made is power. Both at the wall outlet and cable. I was astounded by the absolute difference.