Ah, that’s the rub. It has been my experience that more expensive cables sound better than less expensive ones. I am not surprised that you and your colleagues have experienced same. Across respectable lines (and I do believe most are legitimately giving their best) and within the lines themselves, the discerning factor that separates the best from the good is the price being charged.
To be sure, there are ones that may give better value than others, but I’ve never heard $100 cable outperform a $1000 one. My closest experience to this was when a $600 RAL HDMI trounced a $1,000. WireWorld 7 Series. The RAL was later replaced by the better $2,300. AQ Dragon.
I’ve been playing around with the best analog and digital cables from Shunyata, AQ, and Stealth.
In the end the Stealth’s have won, but at the highest price. Wish it wasn’t so, and have always hoped for that less expensive find, but I haven’t yet.
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