Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money

teo_audio, I disagree with your mathematics, I think we fight for more than a few percentage points. $0.25 cable and even $500 cable are very far apart.

My daughters name is Elizabeth so I have to agree with her namesakes post!  As for the 90% equivelancy range...well, I’ve heard some pretty awful cheap stuff and horrid expensive stuff.  Really do have to address system and cables individually.  Assuming the cheap stuff can give you a high percentage of the best sound available is not accurate.  Occasionally you can get close with a value brand though!

Everyone has known the value vs cost is a curve. Known it for many many years, even in HiFi.Back in my youth, I knew that $1000 equipment might seem ’twice as good’ as $500 item of equipment, but that it was in fact not really ’twice’. Today a $1000 preamp is nearly as good as one costing $5000. and the $10000 one is only a little better than the $5K one, but might be just in some areas.. And there certainly $12,000 preamps that are as good to many folks as some $100,000 preamp.
Same thing with cables. I wrote before 90% is gonna be had with $29 a pop cables. It is the 95% that might cost $200 a pop. 96% 97% 99% that prices starts to jump. and if you want the 99,.9% WHOA...

Just ordered a set, 3 sets actually, of Cabledyne Synergy RCA/RCA. Two of the sets, 1 meter, were demos and half price. The third is a half meter, N.I.B..................You can put me in the cables don't make much difference camp I guess. I do think there are audible differences, but I'm guessing they're subtle and system dependent. I'm done, for now, buying hardware, so I thought I'd stick a toe into the cable pool.

My current cables are a mix of cheap Monster, cheap AQ, and the throw away stuff that's comes free with everything, so I'm curious to see.......hear actually, if there will be a difference. Granted, the Cabledynes that I bought are hardly high end, at least from a $$$ perspective, but they are certainly better than the junk I have now, so it could prove interesting.

Never heard of Cabledyne until I joined up here. I checked out their site and they looked like decent, low(er) priced cable. They have a 40 day trial period, so worst case, I don't hear any improvements and send them back for the cost of shipping, can't lose :) Best case, they'll give me a new appreciation for cables.

I'll let you know what I think after they're in the system for a couple weeks.............

If anybody else is or has used them, I'd be interested in your experience

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