@tpreaves
+1 …. Nailed it.
to the OP:
it seems like this post - and also your prior posts - are all similarly an open-ended “which is best” floated out there, when there is none. In brief: it depends.
It is entirely an alchemy of being entirely (a) bespoke system dependent; and (b) simultaneously influenced by your personal taste.
For example, I had an all-NORDOST FREY cables array that was great with my high-end floor-standers. When I recently changed speakers to HARBETHs, and I now had the opportunity to audition new-to-me a CARDAS CLEAR array with them in a direct A-B bake-off with the NORDOSTs, the CARDAS loom worked better in MY (emphasis added ) upgraded system . It’s no knock on the NORDOST: The system components ( all of source, amps, speakers, and cables ) have their own sonic signatures to manage.
Simply put, you won’t have any basis to sort out the contenders from the pretenders until you actually physically roll-up your sleeves and personally audition them. And price-point is no further yardstick for any assurance.
+1 …. Nailed it.
to the OP:
it seems like this post - and also your prior posts - are all similarly an open-ended “which is best” floated out there, when there is none. In brief: it depends.
It is entirely an alchemy of being entirely (a) bespoke system dependent; and (b) simultaneously influenced by your personal taste.
For example, I had an all-NORDOST FREY cables array that was great with my high-end floor-standers. When I recently changed speakers to HARBETHs, and I now had the opportunity to audition new-to-me a CARDAS CLEAR array with them in a direct A-B bake-off with the NORDOSTs, the CARDAS loom worked better in MY (emphasis added ) upgraded system . It’s no knock on the NORDOST: The system components ( all of source, amps, speakers, and cables ) have their own sonic signatures to manage.
Simply put, you won’t have any basis to sort out the contenders from the pretenders until you actually physically roll-up your sleeves and personally audition them. And price-point is no further yardstick for any assurance.