What process do you use to purchase cables?

Me too, thanks for stepping up

Chris at PC really is a class act.  He has already gotten back to me and set me straight.  He wrote:

Hello Erik,

 

That cable is silver-plated copper.

 

Yes…we do carry a pure silver balance interconnect……we co-designed it with DH LABS, and they make it for us……we are waiting for a shipment of 2500 ft to arrive…hope to have it sometime in October.

 

It’s called CONNEX Bl-Ag   $10 a foot is the sale price. CONNEX-66070

 

That's the kind I have been using. :)

I didn’t. I make all my own; interconnects from 5-9s silver and fine silver RCA plugs; speaker cables from insulated litz cable or 5-9’s 16 AWG 5-9s silver with PTFE insulation tubing. 

For me, completing my component upgrade cycle is the first step. No point in thinking about interconnects and/or cables unless you have the components they will be used with, fully broken in, and you completely understanding what they sound like. Once you have the system you want then you can start asking yourself, “is there something I don’t want interconnects and cables to do?” Is your system already perched on “too revealing”… or “too relaxed and not detailed enough?” You must work with your final set of components.

My last iteration was simply have them get out of the way. My components are all simply outstanding, the more revealing the better… not something that has ever been the case before. I know the most transparent cables will sound best. But in the past I needed them to be warm and not overly revealing or just a bit relaxed.

Here's the thing about cables if you buy them used and buy them right you can often buy, audition, then resell for what you paid. I did this for years and finally ended up on a setup I love, almost entirely copper. All that said don't worry about cables until you have the rest of your system set.