@devilboy @rvpiano and All, the OP set out the challenge to the general forum followers to deny that a change to upmarket (or more technically advanced) cable will provide a significant improvement in audible parameters. let me reiterate his post:
"For anyone who denies there are differences in cables, I have news for you.
There are vast differences. I just switched interconnects between my CD transport (Cyrus) and DAC (Schiit Gumby), and the result was transformational. Every possible parameter was improved: better definition, better soundstaging, better bass, better depth etc.
I can’t understand how any audiophile with ears can deny the differences. Is it delusion or dogma?"
There are contributors to this thread who take the agree side or the disagree side, or may be, but I cannot confirm what the OP heard view.
We are all entitled to provide opinion based on personal experience, but that does not mean that there is a right or wrong in what one has experienced. I believe that we are all entitled to provide opinion on our systems and what we have heard of other experiences.
I for one, will not participate in the purchasing of cables that are more expensive than some of my good components. i have tried (on shop loan) power cables, interconnects and speaker cables in various configurations and also all together. I did not appreciate an evangelical change in the performance of my system. certainly not for the thousands it may have cost. I do have significant power protection to all my components, but that is it.
I would be challenged to spend the same on my wife or support my grandkids.
