I am sick of cables

Build it and they will come...

76DoubleBass,
I enjoy your experiment and I love to discover new thing myself. I have "popped the hood" many DVDs, CDs, and Pre/pro, and some mid-fi speakers (x-over) and I've always wondered same thing; what can I DO to those conservative OEM cables to improve the sound? Good experiment.

Hey Undertow,
"Build it and they will come..."
* With current economy, that term .... hehehe, j/k. We are doing pretty bad guys. This is the time I hate/scare to see boses approaching to me the most.
Alright, back to our cables discusions.

IMO it costs bucks to get good neutral transparent sounding cables made with quality materials and good construction. Neutral cables are not cheap, but the better a cable is, the more it gets out of the way by causing less distortion, kind of like the focus on a camera lense. If your equipment sounds bright, forward, lean, etc... you might prefer some of the cheaper-made cables as filters to cover up or offset some annoying sound characteristics. If you want to transfer a quality signal between your nice sounding equipment and speakers with minimal distortion then pony up and buy good used cables but stay within your budget. Many of the ultra-expensive cables get out of the way the best with the least amount of distortion, but who wants to spend 10 times more for a 10% improvement?

To Audphile1

Have a look at my system...:)

I realy enjoy the conversation.

But lets not take it to the other side of things. Of course a very good cable can be really really expensive. But that is not the case most of the time...;)

your system page lists Argento Serenity. Are those the cables you consider inexpensive?