Choosing new cables

bob, we can help you best if you carefully list your system and your cables (as well as what aspects of sound you would like to improve)

may take a little time, but i think it will be worth it in the quality of responses you get

if you have a highly resolving system carefully assembled with already good quality cables, the generalizations around which segment to prioritze is neither here nor there, only the specifics matter 

Yes I should have listed my system and cables.

Boulder 866 integrated, Playback Designs mps8, Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 table and Dynaudio Heritage Special speakers.  All cable is Jade audio.  Power cables basic inexpensive  brands.  The jade cables were very expense when new and it still is a top performer to my ears.  I just feel that there must be some advances in cables in the last 10 - 15 years.  My system is  very high resolution so I would be looking for cables that would highlight the resolution but certainly I am not looking for anything that will be bright sounding.  I hope this helps what I am looking for.

You already know that choosing your your cables array is ENTIRELY bespoke system dependent. Anecdotal generalities or one-size-fits-all choice pontificating is an anathema to cable upgrade success and audio performance satisfaction.

When I changed speakers last year, my incumbent NORDOST FREY array ( array meaning all of IC, power, and speaker) just didn’t work anymore. It did involve experimentation with visits to dealers to separate the contenders from the pretenders . An upgrade step plan from silver coated to a premium OCC was done sequentially …. ICs first, then power, and finally speaker cables.
NOTE: an evaluation of the new cables was done at each step. …

- in my case, there was a clear improvement at each step.

- When I finally completed the trek with an upgrade of the last step (speaker cables ) an ethereal “ full system “ was added , and it was not subtle.

FWIW,,,,There are good reasons why NORDOST VALHALLA / ODIN and CARDAS CLEAR / CLEAR BEYOND usually form the major preferred choice at audio expos .

in MY system, an all CARDAS CLEAR plan was the preferred choice with a final tweak for speaker cables selected wherein I chose CARDAS CLEAR REFLECTIONs. Let me explain.

Completing the full Monty array with CARDAS CLEAR speaker cables was the plan intuitively,… however a new hurdle arose because the room acoustics and taming its bespoke warts will ALWAYS be a contributing factor.
Because I moved the system out of my mancave into a main floor room arena with a LOT of glass walls, a new irritating “digital edge” and “brightness “ for new added yucky reflection challenges affecting audio performance surfaced, that now needed to be tamed.

On the recommendation of Josh Meredith at CARDAS - who had the same glass wall chsllenges in his home,- he suggested from personal experience to go with CARDAS CLEAR REFLECTION ( one modeled down) speaker cables that have a “warmer” audio presentation signature without any loss of resolution, deatsil and slam.

Who knew? He was a genius IN MY UNIQUE CASE ,,,, problem solved on irritating rooom acoustic warts!

INTUITIVELY… OTHER BRANDS may be your pathway down the Yellow Brick Road to Audio OZ. There is no substitute for experimentation ,

Choose wisely, sir.

@bobheinatz  specifically which interconnects and speaker cables from Jade audio, I'm very familiar with Jade Audio. Depending upon which Jade Audio interconnects and speaker cables you own, the improvement might come from an upgrade with your power cords.