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Best way to hear sonic signature of a cable?

For all the cable-heads out there: can someone suggest a way to test cables? the best way i've come up with so far is using only a headphone amp (with a volume control) and a cdp and listening through a set of cans. this keeps only one set of interconnects in the system. but it still doesn't tell me what the interconnects will do once a preamp is added, etc.

what do you folks do when you don't have enough resources to swap out an entire system with difference interconnects?
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danlib1
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Actually, I think Newbee is correct.

When you've run your rig a week with the cable you're evaluating, then swap back to your old cable you instantly "feel" the results.

Do you connect with the music better, or do you instantly feel a loss of involvement? This is what works for me anyway.

I've learned that what seems "better" is often just "different"...this is why cable evaluation takes patience.
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