Interconnects and non-believers

This again?! I hate that my beloved hobby has been reduced to a pathetic red/blue argument. You love your expensive cables/lamp cord is all you need. Great. Now go listen to some music.  

Nice to know on the cable company.
Thanks for clarification Dave.

I don't see why Elizabeth's post was inaccurate at all.  Seems spot on to me.  With such a fluid and relatively low risk used cable market it almost seems silly to buy new cables today, although I'm sure glad people do!

unreceivedogma,
" On another note, my friend also says the Shure V15 type III was maybe the best cartridge ever made" At least he used the word "maybe", but everything he says audio related after that IMHO is suspect at best. It does however explain why he didn't hear much difference (at least not enough to pay for it) with cables.

florida71,
Cable threads are kind of like patchouli, they stink after a while 

Florida71, boxer12,

speaking of threads, I have a friend who has been experimenting with shoelace for speaker wire. Currently in blind testing. I’ll let you know when the results are in.

in all seriousness, I’ve worked as a creative director in healthcare marketing for 25 years. The FDA rigorously scrutinizes every claim, each and every one must have substantiated data. That’s why I’m particularly skeptical of any claim, never mind overblown ones.

boxer12,

Deutche Grammaphon doesn’t hire slackers. his 6 Grammies speak for themselves. How many Grammies do you have?

that said, I had a Shure. It was great and probably still is under certain conditions. I use Koetsu and van den Hul now.