Darwin silver IC's or Cabledyne silver IC's?

No need to have a pissing war amongst one's favorite brand of cables. Every cable maker has their theories and most claim they have the "answer." What works in your system and YMMV. :)

If you read my post there was nothing remotely stated to suggest a pissing contest. I thought this was a friendly discussion.

Absolutely..no pissing contest...just good healthy dialouge. It wouldn't surprise me at all that both Cabledyne and Darwin cables would sound identical. Both companies use .9999 solid silver wire that is Cryogenic treated, and both have their wire going through an air tube. Cabledyne has an additional non magnetic sheath over the tube and the Xhadow connector's they use made by Vampire have gotten excellent reviews and are expensive.
Cabledyne does have some very good engineers that are partner's in the company. Whats interesting is that Cabledyne is using a square wire they claim has better conductivity over the circular wire that Darwin uses. I think thats getting into snake oil territiory.

Here, here. I was also going to add that both probably sound very similar due to their design philosophy. Like Bruce Lee used to say: "Use what works best."

All the best,
Nonoise