Opening a can of worms

Superb reply s to this point. Both sides of the debate are convincing. With the multitude of cables to choose from my small experiment was certainly limited in scope and it's goal was to ascertain that there was/is a audible difference in cable and how much between budget and budget breaking cables. My equipment used may not be the absolute but I believe it can represent a fair median. My results were posted. I'm not arguing for either side. 

OP
Is any cable worth its exorbitant cost?

Depends on what you call ‘exorbitant’, doesn’t it?

How deep, if at all, does one wade into the pool is their own question to answer. Anytime. Everytime. On any thing.

Everything is relative. Most of my problems are relative so I stay away from my relatives as much as possible.

I have found the sonic results of wires are similar to the results one gets from calling insureance companies for quotes on car insurance.

Open the phone book, start with the A’s, and you’ll get a different price from each and every one of them. Some by a lot. Some not so much. But all are different. In fact, some won’t even insure you depending on your current carrier, and as such could loosely equate to those cables few can afford or are exorbitantly priced.

Blue Jeans & transparent? I would not say those two makers are even anything resembling extreme ends of the industries cross section based on price, or popularity. It does however, make up two wire brands…. You have a very long ways to go to make sure your hypothesis is ‘global’ rather than between one tiny segment of the industry. At least two of them are quantified and qualified now.

I recall years back, maybe ’04, ’05 a poster here said they opened the box on several wire makers cables. MIT, Transparent, Shunyata, and maybe a few more. There were posted pics which supposedly showed pretty clearly, there was nothing substantial inside the boxes. One post said they found only a stick, or peg, or rod with a wire wrapped around it.

Of these brands, MIT, Shunyata, and SR cabling and electrical renumerating power strips, do alter the sonic presentation with their proprietary technologies, IMHO.

The only cable maker in this list I’ve not had any good results with has been Transparent. I have not tried every model they make. Just a few. Certainly I’ve had EXP with many, many, other wire makers models.

I’ve posted loads of cable reviews on these pages in the past. It’s a boring, lengthy, frustrating affair, and one restricted to those who are irretrievably pedantic, and expecially true for those who wish to fully optimize their cable loom by using different makes and models for specific ends..

Blue Jeans offers a decent value but it is easily surpassed if one wishes to do some testing, it usually won’t take long to find better than BJ although it will take a fair amount more money and time.

Congrats!!!

It would be great to live in a world where changing a piece of wire brought about an improvement in sound quality! Alas...

Looks like the transparent ultra cables have a black box which probably houses a filter.

If you add a filter then it likely will sound different and audibly so in many cases.

This is normal. This is what filters do. Of course at no cost you could use a tone control too but whatever floats your boat. 

Correct, with some speakers (cones) there are audible differences in cables, because they change the complex impedance that the driver "sees."

One could call the difference minute - it is certainly not as large as using a different speaker.

And, there is no reason whatsoever to waste a lot of $$ on expensive cables - just keep swapping them at a cable rental place until happy (or until worn out, if you are the type of audiophool who is never happy).

The use the $$ you saved to build a new listening room, constructed for the very best SQ.

Debate? The Transparent cables cost X, the Blue Jeans cables cost Y, and you have concluded which ones sound better. Is the difference in sound worth the difference in price? Everyone can opine but only you can answer. At the end of the day it is your system, your ears and your bank account, none of which anyone else’s opinion can take into account.

I would say the experiment was worth it for the OP, since now he knows that he definitely should not buy higher priced cables.

There are definitely audible differences in cables. But you can only hear them when you have the other variables in alignment with them.

I have a pretty revealing set up currently and have just started swapping interconnects and have heard major shifts. With my system 5 years ago I probably would not have heard a difference.

But I only do 2 channel stuff and I'm pretty particular to using class A or at least class A/B components. So I can't knowledgeably comment on your current rig.

I do think that your B&W speakers should really be performing well and definitely be able to show a clear difference between cables given the right power and source.

I'm going to take a wild guess but if you put a relatively simple and well built  pre amp at the top of the chain you might start hearing what you want.

Don't we love these repeats. It's like vintage TV.The title is catchy though. Got 
you to check it out. I should be selling cable looms. 

Jperry, noooooo I discarded the lid. I guess I could stuff the can full of cables LOL 

Get off the fence then .......please NOT another one of these threads AGAIN

I knew I could count on you geoffkait. You tell me if it's revealing enough. Its certainly more than enough for me. And yes cables are run correctly.  LOL. Cable discussions are so much fun. 

Maybe, just maybe, your system is not revealing enough. 😛 I hate to open another can of worms but did you attach the cables in the right direction?

Maybe you should close the can. This has been beat to death lately.