Cable budget in a rig


I'd like to know what % of your total budget do you put in cables for your rig ?Is it usually 10-15 % ?
thieliste
Guys obviously i will have a dedicated room with room treatment and dedicated powerline for such an investment.
I use to actually have a job, Geoff. So make that only EIGHT YEARS, NINE MONTHS since I have not left home. Actually I do leave my apartment and wander the halls at night, Yodeling softly. Only yodeling really loud when I get close to the Manager’s apartment.
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It is true I just buy stuff like cables without trying it out. But then being ’my own guru’ I have to. If I depended on someone else for advice? What sort of guru would I be??? So I never take advice from anyone.(well not totally true. I did accept my Dealer’s advice to NOT buy a new amp to go with my new Magnepan 20.7s.) ((And I actually thought about Geoff’s advice to buy a Hurricane powercord for more than fifteen seconds.))  *************************************************************************
For the op.. One suggestion is to not spend a lot on the cables or power cords until you have listened to the system for a few months. Then you will KNOW it a lot better, and can THEN listen when adding wires and know what the wire is doing, vs no clear abiilty to know with everything new. (this is assuming you wish to fiddle with the system to some extent... rather than just buy once and forever let it stay the same.)
For the digital front end i made up my mind for Totaldac d1-Twelve mk2 + d1-server.For the pre-power combo i yet have to choose between Ypsilon PST-100 mk2 preamp + Aelius ll monoblocks or Aries Cerat Impera ll Ref preamp + Concero 65 Ref monoblocks or CH Precision L1+X1+M1 stereo or Gryphon Pandora preamp + Antileon Evo stereo or Nagra Classic preamp + Nagra MPS + Luxman M-900U monoblocks.
Wow, you are thinking in the right direction. I would also add Studer deck and some turntable to it. Never mind.
And what are your speakers going to be ?