What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ?

A friend who had been in the HiFi business owed me some money, so I took the lamp cord of of my Harmon Kardon receiver and replaced it with Kimber Kable (the brown and black braid). Since then I have used Monster, Cardas, Kimber, Audioquest, and Purist Audio Design ICs. I have also used Audioquest, Monster, Krell, and Purist Audio Design speaker cables.

My PCs are all DIY since they are so much better than the ones I bought.

I think the 'bug' comes from being able to upgrade the sound of the system with a minimal investment. Every other piece in a system costs a lot more to upgrade.

I'm thinking about upgrading again!?!

Polk & Mark Levinson speaker cables. I remember the Fultons too!

You have a unique problem that a real audiophile doesn't have. (Of course it depends on what "real audiophile" means.) Truth be told most of us started out this way with Monster Cable back in the 80's.

Now when I hear someone raving about their latest cable I'm thinking that either their system was horribly askew to begin with or they have a monetary interest in that cable. Most often the difference is subtle and more so to an unbiased third party. Just look inside your speaker or amp and see for yourself what the designer is using. Most often it is not a "high end" cable, unless it is Wilson Audio, who uses Monster cable inside their 15K speakers(!). Cables do make a difference but not to the extent speakers, amps, turntables, etc. make.

When I doubled the speaker cable run to my car speakers and there was twice as much bass back in 1980

also...

When I replaced my Kimber 8TC with Nordost Blue Heaven and noticed much more nuance and detail, though noticed the thin midrange later and really went crazy for a while buying several different cables in a row.

Polk audio cobra cables - way back when . Clearly better than anything else that I could find at that time. I just don't remember why I sold them. Arrrgh .