Need advice on interconnects: make a difference?

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.

Why not try very different cables,say,Purist Audio(any) or NBS? Your Arcam player should react to this.

Not until all the cables are in the same level, the weakest link can bottleneck the performance. I've similiar experience in telling the different between VDH Integration and Siltech 80B before. When I am able to upgrade all my cables and compare the 2 cables again, the different is huge! As I can tell the different, my $$$ has gone :(

I am currently trying new interconnects and was about to reach the same conclusion. The manufacturer was kind of light on burn-in recommendation so I didn't worry about it too much along the way not being that impressed with the cable. Yesterday I decided to break them in right and dug out my XLO test CD and purist audio break in CD. after using each of them all day yesterday I listened last night to an acoustical wyndham hills CD and couldn't believe what I was hearing. There were sounds that I didn't know were on the CD. The soundstage went from distant to immersive. In my head I move from instrument to instrument without losing focus. It was definitely a night and day experience. If you don't have a burn in CD music direct has a new one from Ayre for $20 that might be pretty good.