Back to the original question (novel idea, no?)...
Elizabeths original post is consistent with my experience. And I cant say its exactly surprising; it is prioritizing the cables which handle the audio signal directly when they are at their most critical (ie. low voltage / current).
I have gone a step further and essentially eliminated speaker cables; my monoblocks are behind my speakers, oriented in such a way that the binding posts line up and theres two inches of DIY copper foil cable in between the amps and the speakers. Always amazes me how so few others with monoblocks take this approach; the speaker cable is effectively gone (effect on sound AND the cost).
I have also found that the better quality your AC is, the less power cords matter. I have three dedicated runs of cryod Romex for my system. Preamp, TT, and SACD are on a PS Audio regenerator; monoblocks have dedicated balanced power transformers and hot to neutral capacitive filters. In this setup, I have tried some very expensive power cables, mostly out of curiosity, and heard absolutely zero difference...no joke. In lesser setups, such as when I was an apartment dweller and couldnt have dedicated runs, theres absolutely a difference, sometimes large.
So maybe the best way to prioritize cables is to do what you can to eliminate them altogether or reduce their effects? Just a thought.
Elizabeths original post is consistent with my experience. And I cant say its exactly surprising; it is prioritizing the cables which handle the audio signal directly when they are at their most critical (ie. low voltage / current).
I have gone a step further and essentially eliminated speaker cables; my monoblocks are behind my speakers, oriented in such a way that the binding posts line up and theres two inches of DIY copper foil cable in between the amps and the speakers. Always amazes me how so few others with monoblocks take this approach; the speaker cable is effectively gone (effect on sound AND the cost).
I have also found that the better quality your AC is, the less power cords matter. I have three dedicated runs of cryod Romex for my system. Preamp, TT, and SACD are on a PS Audio regenerator; monoblocks have dedicated balanced power transformers and hot to neutral capacitive filters. In this setup, I have tried some very expensive power cables, mostly out of curiosity, and heard absolutely zero difference...no joke. In lesser setups, such as when I was an apartment dweller and couldnt have dedicated runs, theres absolutely a difference, sometimes large.
So maybe the best way to prioritize cables is to do what you can to eliminate them altogether or reduce their effects? Just a thought.