Greetings,
I have been a cable enthusiast for the last 50 years. I started using 1000 strand welding cable as one of my first cables. About 40 years ago I brought some cables to work to show one of my fellow workers the different cables that were available. I brought in a Monster Powerline 1000 strand cable and a Kimber 4pr. The head electrical engineer came by and saw the cables. Said cables can not make a difference and us stereo people just liked wasting money. I asked him if he would be willing to take a cable home with him to try. He said sure, I’ll be happy to prove you wrong. The next day (which was a Friday) I gave him 1 Kimber 4pr. He said we’re is the other cable? I told him since it would not make a difference just hookup the one cable to see if makes a difference. The following Monday he came to my desk threw the cable on my desk and said, it made no difference. He then went 2 cubicles down to the lead instrumentation engineer. He said GD that Joe. I was flabbergasted that a cable could make such a difference. He came back to my desk and apologized to me and asked if I would make him a set. Which I did.
I have found that the best way to compare cables is 1 type of cable on one speaker and another on the other. This goes for interconnect cables also.
Joe Nies