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Current recording engineers - what cables used?

Two sets of questions for currently active recording engineers participating on this forum:

1) what cables are you using for power supply and low level signals in your recording studio? What is the overriding factor in this decision - cost, durability/reliability or performance? If higher quality is desired in certain applications, where and why? If these are trade secrets, tell us anyway :-)

2) what cables are you using in your home system, if you have one, and do you consider yourself an “audiophile”? What is the overriding factor in this decision - cost, durability/reliability or performance?

Some aftermarket suppliers of audiophile cables boast that their products are used in pro studios.  Others posting here have suggested that use has more to do with durability than exotic design and performance.  This makes no sense to me because I have build bullet proof power cables with hardware store parts at low cost that could be dragged through hell and work for years, but did not come close to more exotic design in terms of audio performance in my systems.

I would assume this forum focused on audiophile home gear might select for recording professionals that are more informed on the audiophile cable “market” and have more developed opinions on this, and so do not represent a general crossection of the pro industry.  But had to ask anyway.
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nonoise
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It's nice and appreciated to hear from engineers on these threads. Now, whenever someone chimes in and says they've been to a studio and all they use is cheap cabling, we can take it with a grain of salt. That old saw should finally be laid to rest but mark my words, it will surface on a regular basis now and again. 

All the best,
Nonoise
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The disclaimer that one shouldn't believe every detail in an article because of some loose and inevitable connection that would occur in any music or stereo article is quite a reach. To single out the mention of cables since they are advertised in that rag would beg the question: what about acoustics, speakers, mixing boards, reel to reel machines, etc. Should they all be discounted as well, or just the one you prefer?

All the best,
Nonoise
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Funny how we can all read the same thing and come up with, whatever that was. Back then they discovered that wire is directional and they just happen to be highly respected musicians that practically everyone loves. I guess some distraction was in order. 

Look at these numbers over hear and forget what you just read.
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Very entertaining read. Great interviews can take you back with a level of appreciation not achieved much nowadays.
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