Mitch, no cables are completely uncolored but many accentuate certain frequencies. You notice it most in cables that present vocals very forward or what some people call "in your face" and cables where the cymbals "shimmer" for an extra 10 seconds and the "s" sounds are accentuated. When I mentioned "thin", I was referring to the weight of instruments. Most cables will let you know when a piano is playing (I believe that piano music is the most difficult to reproduce accurately). The difference is whether it sounds like a large wooden structure with all the appropriate resonances or was built by Tyco. Jimd is correct when he said that the same cable on two different sources was not a match on both components. Everybody here has wriiten about the virtues of various cables and with what sources. It might benefit you to re-read some of those threads. People will use the word "neutral" when describing certain cables. I take this to mean that the sound is balanced across the frequency range without any particular tone
becoming more noticable than others. The best cbles are the ones that make you forget they are there and all you hear is music.
