DH labs versus audio quest, HDMI

so, you would like us to provide some confirmation bias to substantiate your cognitive bias so you can buy the cables you were going to buy and feel real warm and fuzzy about it..

Since many places e.g. The Cable Company, let you try several brands and only keep the one you like best, why risk your money on what someone else says -which is really specific to their system?

For what it's worth, the Audio Envy O'nestian XLR beat the AQ carbon 48 I2s connection in my system with more sonic weight and a wider out of the speakers soundstage.

Why no one really talks about noise dissipation and directionality benefits is unclear.

Seems resolution is provided by most of these high-end cables.  The real issue of concern is how well sound is impacted by the cables.

It all comes down to noise dissipation and no one talks about this. 

Further you need to have a very good system to discern Quality differences between the cables. Ie. A very revealing system.  I have an older system end it makes no difference the level of hdmi Cable quality i use.  
 

To me it's truly absurd to spend more than a few hundred dollars on an HDMI cable and even this is very high because we deal with a market of overpriced goods.