Kinda full loom…
I had all Acoustic Zen PCs and ICs. Krakatoa (preamp), Gargantua (DAC and amp), Absolute Copper Interconnects. The interconnects were the first ones in a system.
Every time I added more AZ cables I got more of their “house” sound which is warm, inviting, lots of meat on the bone, big bass. But believe it or not, a set of Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper speaker cables that I borrowed from a friend were the straw that broke the camel’s back. It just tipped the scale so much into that warmth that the final result was the sound that was actually too dark. I didn’t like it.
Amp was Pass XA30.8. Speakers were Martin Logan Montis.
@audio_is_subjective64 take it for what it’s worth but the bottom line is this is all components/room/synergy/preference dependent.