@ieales
"If cable cooking manifests itself by changing the cable and all cables sound different in different system, what is it about cooking that is always positive? If there are changes, then in some systems the changes must be negative."
That is an excellent point and I totally agree. Which brings us back full circle and I don't think we will ever totally agree on this topic for that very reason. The only way we all would agree on something like this is if we all had the same exact electronics in the same exact listening environment. I feel that there are way to many variables to say what works for me works for anyone else, but there could be common traits. However its still fun to experiment.