To loom or not to loom?

Within my 53 years of being involved with high end audio I have come to the conclusion that it's all a matter of trial and error without a solid answer that is always correct. Trust your ears and experiment, then go with what sounds the best to you. Sometimes a 100% loom of one product can produce too much of a good thing, and sometimes visa-versa.

....try as I might, I've never experienced too much of a good thing.....

Always run out of energy....eventually.....

Using a "looms" can be good for getting  base lines. From there trying cable changes between one pair of components at a time may suggest particular compatibility or incompatibility preferences between specific components. Not doing so could make correctly determinating ultimate cause and effect confusing. There might be unusual exceptions where specific components have unique considerations that might make the above inappropriate; Spectral comes to mind.

I concur with what lak posted. To me, each component stands on its own and the cables used will help it perform to its best. I have tried so many cables and combinations through the years.

That being said, since I no longer use a preamp, a separate dac, or a cd player, I run the signal straight from a Lumin X1 direct to my Michi 8 amps. So, at this point, I now do have one complete loom of all AQ cabling.

That is; from the wall AQ Dragon to my AQ 7000 PC, to the Lumin- AQ Dragon, to my amps- AQ Thunderbird, and speakers- AQ Thunderbird.

With my system now streamlined, I believe that keeping within the AQ family and the technology, there is a synergy with using this complete loom.

ozzy