Cables more hype than value?

Consider this..ever wonder where your local Broadcast companie's, TV Station's and Recording Studio's buy their cable's ? In the Seattle area where I live all the commercial companie's buy their I.C.'s and speaker cable's from Radar Inc. just north of Seattle. Call your local Radio and T.V. station's and Recording Studio's and talk to the sound engineer's and they will give you contact info of the local companie's they buy from. These supply house's have very good quality cable's at real world price's that are far lower priced than your local high end audio retail or online store's.

Bare in mind also that many of the top very expensive Cable companie's will give away their cable's to famous studio's, concert hall's, and Artist's so they can put in their company resume's that these famous sources use their product's.

Really?..Very high priced interconnect's and speaker cable's did not exist back in the 50's and 60's. Yet some of the greatest recording's from that time from RCA, Columbia/CBS, Capitol, Atlantic are very much sought after today. Back then they were using "junk cable's" you refer to in the studio's.

"Can you list some example's?".. You gotta be kidding. Perish the thought that Politic's may exist in the High End Cable business. Where have you been?...

Audiolabyrinth.."never heard a recording that sounded like it was realistic sounding from the 50's and 60's"..you gotta be kidding!!..RCA and Columbia were putting out stunning quality recordings in the late 50's. One darn good example is from the Grand Master himself, Miles Davis.
The "Kind of Blue" album was released in August '59. The recent CD remaster issues are stunning to listen to. Back then the studio's were using all tube equipment in their sessions which is why many of the recordings from that time period sound so good.