Which cables go with what?????

How can you be sure a cable is neutral? The only was you could be positive that a cable does not color the sound, is to know what your system sounds like with no cables.

My reference is live music, not some reference system. If a combination of components sounds right, then I guess you could say it is neutral. I can't really just point to the cables.

While I like many cables, of those I have tried, my favorite single brand of cables is Siltech. Are they neutral? I don't know. Do they make the sound realistic in my system. Absolutely Yes.

All cables have colorations. You just have to decide which ones sound good to you.

Some post in regards to cable and power cords amaze me also, I do expect to someday read a post where the poster has gone out and bought a PC, and now wants to know what system he should build around it, he may get a few answers on it. On the other hand (neutral) products are not the design goal behind many amps,preamps,cdp's and other audio gear that we audiophiles and non-audiophiles buy and love. Some of the most sought after gear in the world are (voiced) to have left/right of neutral if you will type of sound, doesn't seem to make their buyers think less of them, on the contrary, they may ITHO think that a system which is neutral has no life and does not move them at all. Which is right and which is wrong? As the above posters asked, what is neutral? Is it what I think, or what you think? With so much sonic signature in our systems (that we seek out) what would a neutral cable matter?

Audioengr, you have long exhibited a complete lack of understanding when it comes not only to cable, but many other issues. I guess the user name does not insure reliability.

Why do you continue to propound these things that anyone with ears can tell are inaccurate? I am not an engineer, nor do I possess 'golden ears' but I have heard the fallacy of your statements over and over again.

We have had these disagreements before when I asked the question about what makes a bigger difference, new componants or very good interconnect or speaker cables? My experience shows that cables can make differences which are beyond belief. You poo pooed the whole ideal. Inspite of the fact that you could not measure the difference every one of the people I had come over and listen was amazed by the huge difference.

Since that test I have replaced my Aragon 8008st with a Krell FPB 200. The improvement was significant, but I'm not sure if replacing a $2000 amp with a $6000 amplifier was as big an improvement as the Purist Dominus interconnect.

Silly theories such as the 'neutral vs. tone control' will be disproven once science catches up to technology. Just because you don't know how to measure this difference doesn't mean it isn't there. Did gravity not exist before Newton? Did mold have no value because Pasteur had not discovered Penicillin? These dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants claiming to have understanding are preventing honest 'seekers' from learning the truth.

No such thing as neutral, especially when matching many parts as a whole. There is no known reference as to what a master tape "should" sound like (even a memory of the live event does not qualify due to the recording chain, which does not even come close to duplicating the sound heard @ such).

What this leaves us with is synergy between components, listening rooms and cables (tuning a system to personal taste).