Alright, I give it a shot......
Each individual cable in 3 groups (IC, Spkr Cable, and P/C) has a unique character, but yet, they still stay within their own group.
A little confused? The closest way to explain myself out of this one is to allow me to exaggerate it a little. But it is, some what, still equivalent and related to my examples. Lets imagine your:
1/ IC is your source (CD, DVD, Turnable, etc).
2/ Power cord is your listening room.
3/ Speaker cable is your set of speaker.
1/ Changing your IC is almost equivalent to changing your CDP from Englands sound (Rega, Arcam) to, say, Japaneses /Americans sound (Krell, Denon, Marantz.). Remember, I exaggerated. So, if you take your CDP to your fiend's and play it with his speakers, the character of your CDP will still recognizable.
2/ Changing your power cord is like reshaping your entire listening room, adding /removing acoustic foam, windows, doors, etc. Though, the character of your source is still there but a P/C can shift your entire system sounds like you put your whole system in a diff room. Again, I exaggerated.
3/ Changing ur speaker cables is more like moving your set of speaker around within a room or re toe-ing, tilting, etc. to get a better soundstage, tonal, dynamic, disappearance, and clarity. Yet, the character of your CDP and the room's acoustic remains unchange.
In my past experience with cables of all 3 groups, the IC resulted in changing character of MY SYSTEM the most. But since we all have diff electronics and experience with diff name brands cables, Im most definitely sure that we all will get diff results.
Phew, this is harder to describe than I thought, but I hope you get the picture.
Keep us posted.
