Let me reiterate what you said before this thread get derailed by cable naysayers :-
When i say that cable are secondary, i means when you own great one it is over... And there exist great one at all prices like the gear...
Saying that cables is important as acoustic and are on the same level is pure ignorance of acoustic...
I am not a "cable naysayers" i am an acoustic experimenters...You are not...Buying gear and cables is not buying knowledge sorry....
This hobby is very subjective
- no two systems are alike
- no two listening environments are alike
- no two individuals hearing are alike
- no two musical tastes are alike
This hobby is very objective too:
mechanical control and electrical noise floor control and acoustical control are OBJECTIVE factors...
And forget audiophile gear inspired engineering marketing vocabulary, read about acoustic and psycho-acoustic vocabulary...
We learn to listen by acoustic listening experiments not by buying the gear and plugging it and hearing the difference and merely ascertain a difference with our past gear...This is fetichism not steps in the way of learning to listen...
What we listen to in a room is defined by rigorous already existing concept in acoustic...