Componets first, cables second?

Wow, I leave for a day and this thread has truly disintegrated into a pissing contest.

Thanks to anyone trying to indeed steer it towards a useful conversation. Of course Mrtennis is right, there is no substitute for personal expereince. Yet, I have and will continue to gain insight from those with vastly more expereince on these threads. So, I won't stop asking the questions.

However, if we could leave the adolescent attitude of "I am holier than though" out of the fray, we could really get to the heart of the matter which is how do we continue to refine our systems for maximum enjoyment no matter what our listening preferences are.

Peter

It is generally encouraged to ask others of their experiences and suggestions - that's what discussion posts are for.

Keep on asking all the questions you want.

Paul,

I respect your right to diagree and to add your own worthy opinions to this thread. I see no point in making this a pissing contest. If you re-read my comments I think it is possible we do agree, I just don't rate the cable differences as being significant; for example, a slight roll-off in highs can easily be achieved with a touch of the tone control too (yes, *sigh* K-mart systems come with tone controls, ack the horror of it!).

I have really nothing further to add to the discusssion because our differences may have as much to do with my poor hearing and my bad equipment compared to your's, as you have pointed out. I must remind myself to do a better job in future to stay away from this kind of thread and keep my thoughts/observations more private. If you feel much better for having denigrated my K-Mart system then I am glad for you. I am not at all offended.

Paul, I don't see a "system" posted for you.Are you keeping a secret from us?I always find it interesting to take a peak at another members'system-it's almost like evesdropping on a conversation.You never know what you mught learn 8+} Tom

Shadorne: That's about all one can do as nothing EVER gets resolved. Sad part is, in this situation, is how some presume ones knowledge is limited by what type of equipment they currently own, or "System" depiction. That's the first jab somebody threw, yet they probably have but a fraction of your experience. Most of their knowledge is probably based on reading biased magazine reviews, equipment manufacture's propaganda, flavor-of-the-month bling-bragging components, etc, etc, etc. Then there's the endless "unsubstantiated/unverified" performance opinions that posters expect to be gospel, or backed by outlandish performance improvement hype. Which, of course, has been debated to nausea. It's almost impossible to fight the equivalence of this religion-like "machine". There's always going to be confrontational bullies, so just continue to offer cordial advice and ignore them as the bigger man. Not to say that debates aren't warranted, just the absence of personal attacks.

Sorry Mariasplunge, and yes, components first, then room-related issues/treatment for un-debatable performance improvements. IMHO