I am a firm believer in cables are system dependent. And learned and heard this with my own ears. Like, garbage in, garbage out.
I had an all Carver system for years, all were internally updated, sounded good.
Then got the itch to upgrade. You can believe ghdprentice. I did. I took a gamble deciding to get some ARC gear based on his descriptions of ARC gear and won. Searched and got a REF5SE. Later a REF75SE. And then an Aurender shortly after.
Once again, took his advice and got a well broken in AQ Hurricane for my amp. Holy crap is all I can say. Game ender.
And again, Transparent Ref PC for my preamp. Again, done there.
Lot safer to audition in your system before committing though.