Thanks for this!
Unfortunately the people who need to be convinced, will never be convinced.
Years back in early 2000 I was going through system changes and not knowing better got pulled into this cable drama. Good thing one of my buddies owned a "High End" audio shop. One day he showed me a power cable and some interconnects that were really expensive. The Power cable was a new one that had just come out from PS Audio, that thing was really big and I got a chance to see the raw cable that was used in that power cable which the model # escapes me at the moment. The Raw cable had extra layers of shielding 2-3 if I'm correct. The interconnects were MIT's and were expensive too.
My buddy would let me try out anything in the shop for home audition. That's when I started to question certain gear and cost of gear. I never liked the MIT or Transparent Audio interconnects. Just didn't sound right in my system and kind of dull. I then tried out some NEW at the time Harmonic Technoloy cables that were not too expensive and sound way better. But when I would turn up the system they would sound like they were holding back the system. What I mean is for example, like a car that is going up a hill and you are putting your pedal down to increase the speed but is being held back for some reason. That is the only way I can explain it.
I then tried more cables at different price point but were all expensive in the $300 on up range for a meter. I couldn't justify the cost and what was being said at that time by some sources that you needed to spend 20% of what your entire system cost on cables. That was the last straw and I went on a DIY interconnect Power cable info search. I finally for a website that had some info on a cable design from the Navy and I tried the design out and to my surprise worked really well in my system but the drawback was as you increased in length of the interconnect so did the capacitance of the cable which could cause issues with certain preamps if they used designs in them that couldn't drive higher capacitance loads. Another draw back was if there was any strong EMI or RFI the cables would pick up the noise.
So I came across a post in one of the audio forums about a cable that is used in the Recording Studios and Pro Audio, the cable was Mogami. So I took the chance and bought one pair of RCA's and Balanced interconnects. I was surprised at how good these cables were built and sound for so little cost. I have been using them ever since and now I have discovered the "Worlds Best Cable" company and have tried their Cables with Mogami 2534 cable and Eminence connectors. These were really nicely built for very little cost and are now my go to connector. I will be trying out there Instrument cables for my basses and amps.
I'm glad my buddy let me barrow all kinds of cables and gear to save me from the wasted time and money going through the "High End" Merry Go Round. I have even convinced some of my audio buddies to try these Mogami cables and all have been very happy with the results.