The Cable Company advice?

The Cable Company has  been great with recommendations from my experience. My bad experience with them came when I returned a pair of speaker cables that were not properly manf. The Sales rep would not return my calls/emails (the return would ding his commission) and I had to ask another rep for help. I hope the guy who was a poor sales rep. was let go but I have no way to find out.  

I would take it as a positive that he didn't recommend cables costing your upper $ limit. I would NOT be confused by this.

Yes they are good and I have used their inputs and lending on several occasions. But they don’t know all equipment and anyone who is into high end and listens carefully knows that on some occasions components & cables don’t play well together. That has been my experience and a few times I have selected an alternate to their top recommendation. 
 

They recommend and lend anything they have so you can try and compare at home in your audio setup and then buy or not buy at all….  So what’s the issue? 

my experience has been frustrating. never have made a purchase.

Seriously folks, a free lending library is pretty remarkable. Everyone on this board has a completely different combination of components, stop being so lazy and critical , do your own research and use their services for what they are.