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DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
@cd318 Great article!  I have found that understanding something or believing in a products principles does not always make for the best results.  Only through experience and experimentation can one find sonic alchemy. 
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
I think the ears of the evaluators should be as much in question as the cables themselves!  So much going on in our primate brains in addition to variable cochlear quality. 
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
Looked it up...very funny! 
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
cd318....that whole video is a joke, right? 
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3
Good choice mayor!! 
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures
Audiophile...heal thy self!  Good job answering your own question NSC   BREAKING IN A NEW PC!!!  Anticables Reference...sounds very sexy and warm on my Krell Vanguard.  Don’t think I could stand a more Class A sound than what I’m hearing now. 
Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000
Kinda...wish it would have been more reliable ! 
Loudspeaker 'Back EMF'
CVT coupler on MIT cables...problem solved!   
New Krell K-300i Class A iBias Integrated Changes!
Actually I have the Vanguard, which replaced some Cx era stuff and I love it!  I’m simply questioning exactly what is going on with the new 300i. 
Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000
Not an issue with the units I’ve owned, but I did find a replacement spinner that has made me very happy since!  I purchased a Yamaha CD-S2100 and have found it to be exceptional and reliable.  It does have a quite robust transport mechanism which... 
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures
I’ve been busy lately...gotta pull some stuff out of the archives to share !  Wireworld’s seem to do it for you...congrats. 
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures
Check out Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson and turn it up...may be the best progressive rock song ever written!! 
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures
Black light Syndrome is excellent!  Title track is my favorite...love the groove.  Loved King Crimson with Levin...Discipline was awesome! 
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures
Welcome strat1117!  My experiences are similar to yours...the Sig’s are special indeed.  I have found the MIT cables to be an extremely musical choice as well.  Keep on posting and enjoy the music 🎶  
Best bookshelf speakers
FYI, cymbals are metallic by nature of their molecular form 😜. Probably don’t want speakers that can’t reproduce cymbals.  Anyway, Totem or you could go retro with JBL heritage issues from Music Direct...30 day trial!!