The result of doing this, then trying to add neutral cables later is the neutral cables will then expose problems that the warmer cables kept hidden. Then the person blames the cable, saying it sounds unnatural when the truth is it's not the cable, it's other problems. So you can recognize this and deal with the problems or put the warm cables back in to hide the problems and now you have a system that isn't as resolving as it could be, which takes away from it's ability to engage the listener.
That is the point of why I started this thread, that people keep upgrading components when the actual issue is often hidden by low grade cables.
The problems with this approach is most people have no idea what to look for in a cable and the market is crowded with options, most of which are not very neutral.
It's sometimes easier to shop for other gear (the watts are listed on a receiver along with the features) or a speaker (sensitivity, frequency range, is listed etc). Where do you start the process shopping for a neutral cable? The specs aren't generally published and if they were, how does a neutral cable measure and what should a consumer be looking for? If my speakers are 4 ohms right away it helps me shop for a matching amp for example. I have had to learn just by reading reviews and trying new cables. I hear about different types of copper, silver, gold plated interconnects, etc. How do you know where to begin shopping for neutral? You are right, this is a big problem and I think it's why so many people are skeptical about different types of cables. Any thoughts?
Interconnect cables are often a bottleneck and smooth out huge amounts of detail, and speaker cables that work well for the amp/speaker interface are sometimes difficult to find.[/QUOTE]
In my home theater system the biggest bottle neck was the digital cable. Everything flows down stream from there and unless you get that right how can you hear what is actually coming from your source? So many people are using really bad optical cables these days and they spend $$$ on new processors and DAC's looking for an upgrade they will never really get 100% because of the bottle neck from the source to the DAC or processor.