jcder sez: ""I would be interested in an overall top five list of cables, and a
separate top five list of cost-effective cables. Thank you in advance
for your efforts.
""
Sadly there is no real top five either way, there may be a most purchased by the most people who KEPT those cables... (vs owning then selling them for the next one they hope will do the job.) But since every system is different, of different bits, different speakers, different rooms and different personal needs of the listener... There can be no universal solution.
If anyone asks me, I say stick to the major brands for the least headaches. KImber, Cardas, AudioQuest.
Sadly there is no real top five either way, there may be a most purchased by the most people who KEPT those cables... (vs owning then selling them for the next one they hope will do the job.) But since every system is different, of different bits, different speakers, different rooms and different personal needs of the listener... There can be no universal solution.
If anyone asks me, I say stick to the major brands for the least headaches. KImber, Cardas, AudioQuest.