I would recommend someone new to this hobby to buy the basic cables from a single manufacturer just so they could establish a base listening reference from which they could upgrade or change from depending on the move they decided to make.
If I knew the person, was familiar with their system and knew their tastes and intentions, I might recommend a scheme of cables from different companies.
Personally, I've gone back and forth between using a uniform configuration, then readjusting to a hodgepodge of different brands in order to push the presentation in one direction or another.
No set rules here, as long as you don't buy all pink cables, heheh!
If I knew the person, was familiar with their system and knew their tastes and intentions, I might recommend a scheme of cables from different companies.
Personally, I've gone back and forth between using a uniform configuration, then readjusting to a hodgepodge of different brands in order to push the presentation in one direction or another.
No set rules here, as long as you don't buy all pink cables, heheh!