blue jeans cable?

They are simply ok by Aphile standards and will do the job fine if you are not looking for resolving refinement.

I owned and currently own several of their cables for testing gear, back-up etc.... The cables I have tried can sound a tad bright, electronic, and unrefined compared to great cabling. I am talking about the LC-1 cable.

For the money I have not heard better and the build quality is very high. They are not word class or giant killers however.

I can easily hear tremendous differences in refinement and natural presentation between the LC-1 and better sounding, more expensive cable. The owner seems ignorant of this reality, but seems to do a good job on his affordable cable.

i just dont get why i've been spending so much on cables!?!?

cables came today and i'm very happy. cant tell a difference from my much more expensive cables...

Hey, it's hard to say from one system to another. But if all one has is an avr or receiver with a dvd player for a source and basic speakers, it's doubtful one will gain much in the way of benefits.

Over the course of a few years, I put together a 2 channel system consisting of Paradigm Signature S6 speakers, Parasound Halo A21 and P7 and an Oppo 95. If you are patient you can get pretty good deals, and also find like new items used on sites like this one.

With this system, I was actually somewhat disappointed until I started upgrading my generic, basic cables. Part of the problem with upgrading, is there are so many out there promising the moon, it's hard to winnow it down. I asked around on forums and got suggestions that were not that expensive. Morrow Audio and Audioquest type 4 for speaker cables.

Both of the above use solid core conductors, not stranded. Morrow uses solid copper that is plated with silver. The results are quite an improvement, it's like the cables let through more of the music, more detail.

I maintain that all cables sound the same....what makes the difference in the ultimate sound is the way the cable reacts with the rest of YOUR system...not someone else's. All cables have to be auditioned in your own system to find out if they are what you are looking for.