I must say the best sounding sound system I have ever heard was the Deads.
This is from a interview with Dan Healy for absolute sound in 1993.
Well worth reading it can be found on this link.
http://kazart.com/bus_stop/gd_index.htmFD: How about an audiophile question: What type of cable do you use?
DH: We use oxygen free copper. Made to our specifications--it's more rugged
than most. It also has a good capacitance specification--about 13 pf per
foot. The cable used in the snake [the long cable connecting the control
systems in the sound booth to the amplifiers on stage] has even less
capacitance, bout 6 pf per foot. I'm sure all the "hi-fi" guys are advocates
of that sort of thing... essentially, non-inductive speaker cable. Although I
think these considerations applied to a three foot length of [interconnect]
is a little bit ridiculous.
FD: The whole High End cable industry is built around differences in cables
and connectors and things like that. Valid to a point, but a lot of it is
just an attempt to take advantage of people who want a new toy every couple
of months.
DH: That's marketing. I can understand that. Why not?
FD: But no manufacturer wants to reveal his trade secrets.
DH: That's because a lot of considerations are debatable as to their
validity. You can't really prove [whether one design is better than another],
so if your opinion is [that] it makes your sound system groovier, then go for
it! Although the differences in cables tend to be outweighed by the much
larger differences in the rest of the equipment. If you want to [improve the
sound of your system] there are so many other things you should attack.