Need advice on interconnects: make a difference?

Only you can answer those questions!!! I recently did a cable shootout for my system using Synergistic Research Vacuum tube reference, Synergistic Solid state reference, Nordost Valhalla and Siltech LS 188. I can say without a doubt each cable could be distinquished from the other and I consider myself as skeptical about all the cable hoopla as anyone!

Vampire wires used to be very good, I have not heard them in some time though. Try this to hear the difference:
1. Install one set of cables listen for a couple of days or a week, then replace them with the other brand some night when you can concentrate and really listen. You should here a difference then. Before you decide which is really better give the other cable another listen.

Sometimes the differences are very noticeable and sometimes not. Its possible to have cables sound simlar.

I think sometimes there are psychoacoustics involved sometimes and we hear what we want to hear.

I have noticed that sometimes when listening to other people's stereo, we make changes in the setup, and swear it sounds better, and on another evening the old setup sounds better. My conclusion is that sometimes we do fool ourselves.

Another observation: Audiophiles are always looking for a change, hopefully for the better. You may make a change in your system for the better, but the next week or day that is fogotten and your're off to find a "new" fix. The one before forgotten. A question I often ask myself is am I really going to notice this new tweak a week later or is it just different and better for that day. It is this need to improve that enriches the dealers and manufacturers. Otherwise we'd buy once and be done. The truth is few of us are really ever done with our systems.

Thanks for both your responses. Yes, I agree that psychoacoustics can play a role and one is always in the "tweaking" mode. I will take your advice and go down the route of listening to them for a week and then switching.