Good job taking an analogy to some level where you have no idea what it meant.
let me try some more which are destined to fail.
1) this is site is analogous to a site for beer lovers who only drink Budweiser
Your expected response: people don’t drink music and music is not beer.
2) this site is analogous to a hamburger lovers site who only eat at McDonald’s and then demand other people do blind testing to prove to them there are better burgers while they adamantly rest their posteriors only in buildings with double arches.
Your expected response: music isn’t a hamburger blah blah blah…… (Okay now I’m bored with this response since it’s just a waste of time…..)
never can get an answer from folks like you if they have ever actually listened to a high end audio setup.
Here's my take and the same can be said of your position. You feel cables are a significant factor and can't be convinced otherwise. You are equally regimented in your belief.
I have listened to systems with speakers in the tens of thousands and hundred thousands. I do tend to see those crazy systems using fancy cables, but I feel that is not a function of "because it sounds better" it feels more like "I have this because I have money" camp, which is often similar for those Porsche owners. Porsche owners fall into two categories: hardcore drivers who want that handling and visceral feeling. Then there are the ones who buy it as a statement to say "I have money", bragging rights, not because of the driving experience.
When I started out, I tried a LOT of cables. I have a lot of audio friends who were drinking that Kool-aid too, so I had the ability to borrow them and test them in my system. I like to try things myself, not just read and believe. I DO hear slight differences in various cables (active, silver, welded, tried a bunch), but the truth is, I never heard a cable truly make such a profound difference that I felt it was worth spending that money on. That's me personally, everyone has their own tolerance levels.
I purchased some Bluejeans Cables interconnects for a second system and then had a need in the main rig. I threw those cables into the main system and noticed there was zero difference between them and my AQ cables costing considerably more. Based on this, I started testing and comparing over a long period of time and came to the conclusion that cables are not enough of a benefit to my ears to warrant using them as a way of "tuning" the system. Once at a certain level of quality IMO, spending more does not buy you a corresponding benefit. To me, you are buying a preference, a tweak, not an actual "improvement" in my listening. It is just different.
