WHY CABLES MATTER!

audioman2015,

You're totally right, I don't know how anyone cannot like OCC single crystal over OFC wire and just to let you know the rectangular OCC single crystal wire is even better than the round, not cheap though, check out the Neotech Sahara which is the copper rectangular OCC or the Amazon which is the silver rectangular OCC that's one is double the price of the copper, I have the Sahara in my system and it absolutely blew away my harmonic technology round OCC, I have the full loom of the rectangular in my system and boy did it make a difference but an even more significant difference and upgrade is putting the Townshend podiums underneath your speakers it stops all vibration down to three Hertz, it was as if I upgraded my electronics to something way more expensive, best upgrade that you could ever do. stops all room problems as well.

@audioisnobiggie 

A lot of nonsense and exaggeration in your post, as well as silly assumptions about what audiophiles want from their systems. As far as Dion goes, I don't know what you're trying to say...

Which do you think of more often -- the effects of cables on audio or the Roman Empire?

@roxy54

You're complaining about how you don't understand people, as usual.  That looks like about all you do, this thread.

When I assumed someone would want 10 story tall speaker system, I went on to assume someone would want IEM's also.  Can we assume that there will be proponents of both?  If we can't, what should we do?

I was just telling you what Dion was saying.  Well, he's not looking to get married, is what I said on top of that.  Why?  Do you have something to say about it?

To my ears and in my rig+room, i am able to easily discern differences in cables upto a certain pricepoint. I have many of the audioquest cables from their entry/mid price point to higher end. All their cables can preserve/present more detail and clarity than crap wire and crap amazon cables. But , as I go higher up their price ladder, it feels like pulling teeth to hear any differences from their own lower priced cables.

Guys with untreated rooms, lower quality gear and poor setups will have a much harder time discerning differences with any cable...in other words, it is a prerequisite that must be met before starting to experiment with cables.

Overall,  i really don't care to experiment with a bunch of different cables from different manufacturers, swap a bunch of cables all day and wear out the connector/receptacles in my pricier gear. Done!