HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ?

 CABLE ~ Experiences ? 

Hearing is believing! Power cords’ sound comparison. This is change of only one PC.  Alex/Wavetouch

13:27 Wavetouch v2 PC ($250)  vs.  4:08 JPS digital PC ($700).

Wouldn’t say “just ok to great” but have been happily reacquainting with Cardas cables:

• Clear Reflection from DAC to pre
• Golden Reference from pre to amps
• Golden Cross from amps to speakers

DNM Reson ICs clearly made things more coherent which to me was better.  

I’ve never had a cable take my system from just OK to great. That kind of leap has always come from upgrading core components like better speakers, cleaner power, or proper room treatment. Cables can fine-tune things, maybe tighten the bass a bit or smooth out the highs, but if a system sounds just OK to begin with, no cable is going to work miracles.

I’ve tried some high-end cables out of curiosity. They weren’t total snake oil, but the differences were subtle at best. More like chasing the last one percent than making a real transformation. In my experience, good cables matter once everything else is already dialed in, but they don’t turn a mediocre system into something amazing.

That said, if someone’s had a true wow moment from a cable swap, I’d be interested to hear about it. Just hasn’t happened for me.

I’ve had some good cables recently take things up a notch but it wasn’t until I changed connectors that I was pretty wowed. ETI Research banana, spade, and now rca plugs have all allowed more information to come through and taken out some gritty or grungy sound that was there before from cheap connectors but also some decent ones from Furutech. Highly recommended.