How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer?

I love to mix. Much more fun. Actually not just in audio. Cable-wise I prefer the best effort from small guys to entry or mid level from big guys.

Not important to me.

It might matter if all the equipment was made by the same manufacturer of the same vintage.

But by having equipment from various sources, I have found that each piece has its own needs and different cables sound different on different equipment.

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I was a real mix and match guy, now not so sure, Had a Cardas Golden Presence in a Golden Reference signal chain, and swapping to a Reference gave me far more of an improvement than I would hear If I A/B’d these two in system consisting of foreign cabling.

Quite unexpected, as these two cables are very similar, with only minor changes to shielding and construction

The OCD in me loves having everything match, but that is just aesthetics.     

In practical terms I am not sure it matters at all.