Audio nonsense

I don't post much here and don't really care how much money people choose to spend on their systems.  

I'm now at the age where I just want to listen to good sounding music as much as I can without fussing too much over my gear.

Some things I just don't think are worth the time or money to even try.  I won't name those things at the risk of insulting some folks or starting a flame war.  That's just me.  Yes, I could be missing out on some worthwhile tweaks but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it either.

I don't really get why someone, myself included, would spend thousands of dollars on cables that have all this engineering going into them, quality materials, shielding, dielectrics, connectors, etc. etc.  Then, you have the need to stick little gemstones or some kind of disc on these expensive cables to make them sound better when they're supposed to great on their own.  After all, that's what we paid all that for in the first place. 

Maybe the cable companies should supply their cables with the little discs or gemstones and tell the buyer that they could try using their cables with or without.  

Also, if you buy a set of expensive speaker cables the company should put a disclaimer on the packaging that says: These cables will sound their best if the are suspended off the floor.  

I think most of us know the sound of our systems and notice changes when something is changed in the system for better or worse.  

That said,  my system sounds different to me depending on the time of day (cleaner power coming in from the grid?) or just depending on the day.  Are my ears a little fatigued?  Am I a little distracted and not tuned-in enough so to speak?

Is my wife running more electric appliances that usually are not running?   My house has two refrigerators and an upright freezer.   In fact, my whole house is electric.  A/C, Heat pump, pool pump, everything.  I know when the electric dryer is on when listening to my system. I have separate breakers and lines for my equipment but still think I'm getting contamination(?) from these appliances running at certain times of the day.  

Has my system had plenty of time to warm up?

I spent good money on my equipment and room. Not to mention time and effort to get the best I can out of it. If I need magic gemstones on my $400 dollar cables then I probably bought the wrong cables.  

My point being is that my system doesn't always sound at it's best to my ears and I doubt adding some tiny discs to my already good cables are going to make a difference.  Maybe, maybe not.  But, I think I'll put my money someplace better spent like more music or towards an equipment upgrade or even more room treatments.  Or, try getting better/cleaner power to my system.

@ perkri

Not trying to dismiss your challenge but what are we to learn from this?

Keep in mind, I’ve only gone by using my ears when setting up my system and never really measured anything using a mic and laptop. But, I’m up for trying anything that doesn’t involve sticking gemstones to my already expensive cables.😆

Hate to show my audiophile ignorance djones51 but I don't even know what that graph is or how to read it. 

Care to explain.