What most important in the sound of your cables?

A cable must and formost attribute a realality of being live, if the sound stage is like alot of cables out there to be upfront in your face, instead of the middle of the room, It does not sound real, I have been to and been part of many live shows on stage, litterally two foot from the mains at a show, never has the sound been forward!, that is not real, but a flaw within most cables, getting the tone is of course a must and given, however, The presataion and everything else set within differentation to give a holographic image of reality is 90% short commings of most cables but a few world class select few!

calvinj, Hi, Do you remember the name of the cables-The Brand,, that that guy had that had the Raidho speakers? you said that the cables was from a designer that left nordost and started his own company?

"getting the tone is of course a must and given, however, The presataion and everything else set within differentation to give a holographic image of reality is 90% short commings of most cables but a few world class select few!"

Agreed except that the importance of correct timbre and tonality is precisely where most systems I hear are not accurate and there seems less interest in this to some listeners. I suppose the reason why is many feel this an area where there is less of an issue. What I hear at live performances that is strikingly different than most audio systems is the tone/timbre and pitch of instruments. The best cabling will reveal how true this is in a well sorted high performance system. Soundstaging and imaging will fall in place to the extent the rest of the system is capable of resolving what's on the recording with the best cables and therefore IMHO shouldn't be the emphasis but seems like it generally is in these discussions.

@ audiolabryinth. I can't remember the brand google former nordost designer cables.

Clear and natural like the high fidelity ultimate reference is working for me now. With a great amount of prat.