Who is a big high end cable manufacturer

Driver, he's the one with the virtual system that resembles a crystal meth lab. Heheh.

m.i.t.......audioquest....monster

TRANSPARENT is the real deal. They have research, employ people, have a lagre building, etc. They have a real business. The upgrdes are real. Some people find them expensive, but they are for the price (they have inexpensive cables)always in my experience been worth every $. PH

The real deal? What kind of research staff do you need to put a network box on the end of a cable with nothing in it?

http://cable.tcnerd.com/whymit.asp

"Music appeals to the heart...the emotions, not the intellect."

It appeals to both. There is no qualitative distinction. Sensual experience in the hearing produces thought, no less than an idea.

I was originally in the same camp as those who say "what can an expensive wire do where a cheap one cannot?" I've used cheap copper speaker cables. I've used standard RCA connectors that one would find at an Ace hardware. I've dropped 200-300 bucks on active cables made by an up and coming small operation. And I've recently dropped two grand on a pair of speaker cables and interconnects made by Purist Audio Design--the Aqueous Anniversary line. I'm completely floored at how these cables have transformed my system. They completely destroyed the otherwise admirable active cables. They've totally opened up the sound of my system, particularly in the bass. And they're not yet broken in. So for those who think it's all snake oil, that's a pile of garbage. Go listen to some of these in your system or any of the other high quality brands and see for yourself.

And I'm not in any way affiliated with Purist. I'm just a teacher with an open mind.