To loom or not to loom?

@mitch2 Dont tell the automotive world that, they have been calling it a wiring loom for 100 years. Thanks. 

@vinylshadow thanks. 

Made my decision standing pat, System sounds wonderful and had the chance to listen to an $800k system and I am quite content with my $65k system. Sound fabulous for what I have in it. 
 

Thanks all that really contributed. 

 

@fuzztone Thanks, really insightful. 

@ghdprentice Thank you and I suspect you are right. I may just stand pat on IC’s and Speaker cables. May make some moves on PC.

@atmasphere I thank you for your input. I prefer Balanced AES48 but unfortunately not all component manufacturers subscribe as you do,. So it is a game of compromises.  I am using an unshielded RCA from DH from my phono section to my pre, noticed a more open sound from the shielded RCA I had in place. 

So I must ask as a mfr of both tube and GaN amplification what have been your experiences and are their brands and types of cables you prefer. I do find that the WW Mini Eclipse 8 speaker cables work very well on my tube gear and they are only 5 foot lengths, great buy from The Cable Co for $360.00 vs $600. 

@overthemoon So you never went the loom route. Thanks. 

@stereo5 thank you for your insight, you and @ghdprentice as well as Mr Ralph have me rethinking the loom theory. I am quite pleased with all my power cords and IC, though I am intrigued by the Analysis Plus line of cables. 

@audphile1 Yes I get that. Thank you so much for your input.  I also feel that the IC's are  key in the middle of the cable chain. PC/IC/Speaker and that one doesn't need to spend tons to get a great sound in this chain. Synergy is key not cash. 

take it for what it’s worth but the bottom line is this is all components/room/synergy/preference dependent. 

@steakster Yes my milage did vary. Best power cables I have in my system are the 2 C-Marc EP in my digital front end with the LessLoss Firewire 640x on my DAC (LessLoss) and my Innuos Zenith MKIII. Using DH Labs USB and Zavfino Silver Dart Graphene Audio Interconnect (XLR) from dac to pre and pre to mono blocks. I do not have any LessLoss Interconnects. 

As I have both Digital and Analog front ends there is DH Labs and MELCO ethernet cables feeding the signal through the TeraDak T-S212, DH Labs USB feeding from Innuos to LessLoss DAC with Wyred4Sound USB ISO. Clear detailed not analytical or sterile sounding at all.  Analog is all DH Labs BL-1 phono cable and Silver Pulse cryo-treated, unshielded hybrid cable from the phono pre to my pre amp. 

I have 2 SR PC in my system but they may be the cables on the block for replacement, powering my mono blocks. 

@fuzztone So thanks for the post. No most of the trade publications, sites and cable manufacturers are using this as a description for continuity and having one brand of cabling. for example from PTA and TMR. I know you are being literal and trying to be clever. Guess that backfired. Gibberish.

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Complete Cable Loom Recommendations
[Editor’s Note: We’re pushing forward the idea of a cable “loom”–an entire complement of one brand of high-end audio cables, enough to wire an audio system–as the easiest way to determine differences between cables. These are the cable looms we have used in our systems and recommend to our readers.]

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@overthemoon thank you.😎

@carlsbad2 thanks for judging me based on a question. Gibberish I guess. 

@carlsbad2 ADHD not OCD. 

@mapman oh boy. 

You can’t enjoy the fruit without the loom, eh?