The weirdness of it all

@recklesskelly 

Then you have some real treats in your future. I recommend try some high end cables from a local dealer or from the cable company. In general, I consider them to be components. “…good quality, well constructed… Nothing crazy” is a recipe for  wires that do nothing. 
 

My history is periodically getting some seemingly rediculously expensive interconnect or cord and scoffing at the idea this could possibly be worth it… until a minute into the audition when I was calling my dealer to order a pair… or two.

To prove it. Try an AudioQuest Hurricane on your amp. Speaker cables would be the other arena. If it doesn’t inspire a, “I can’t live without these”… then don’t buy them.

Sorry @ghdprentice barking up the wrong tree. Wasting your time and I am not wasting my money. Also did not ask for any recommendations or advice on cables. I simply made a statement where I come in on the great cable debate. Rather spend my money on music than marketing BS. 

I guess I misinterpreted your post. Ithought you had opened yourself up to new possibilities. Oh, well. Your loss, not mine.

Guess you did and I guess having Tranparent Cable mid tier Reference and XL cables through the majority of my system, is as good as it gets. Do not want to find the point of diminishing returns. These cables suit my system just fine. If I am seeking advice I will ask a professional. 

@celtic66 @audphile1 

Good call on the Furutech outlet.  I predict even more "weirdness" in your system.

@recklesskelly @ghdprentice 

One of the greatest pleasures of this hobby is the ability to audition equipment that is exponentially more expensive than our current "reference" at home.  It's a bit like setting a $30k celing on a used sports car, and someone hands you the keys to a $400k exotic and says "don't be shy approaching the apex of the turn at speed."  We may find we have to take a price exit well below the exotic, but we'll also have sampled what world-class quality and perrformance is all about.  And, we may have to tweak our budget up just a tad after the experience.  Those $125k cars are now "on the radar", when they were completely invisible before.  

Curiosity.  Imagination.  Discovery.  Hobbies are supposed to be fun.  The fun goes away when we think we have it all figured out.