Doubts and variables aside, anybody else care to comment on the differences? Theoretically speaking...if it were the cables...would this type of improvement to recordings be worth an extra $150? Would the taping community be happy to have an attainable performance upgrade (read: Not $2000 Orchids) from the mil-spec silver clad copper cables that is considered to be the standard amongst tapers?
Speaking personally...and this is probably an obvious response...but I suppose there is a threshold in my budget beyond which I would have to debate the merits of investing in better cables versus investing in better mics. Obviously, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so if the price of a set of cables and the sound I get out of them through my MBHO's would not improve my overall sound to the point of getting me sound that, for the same overall price I could sell my mics and get with a better set of mics, then I'd have to say NO it's not worth it because I'd of course rather put the incremental difference towards the better mics.
But in general, with a $150 price point, that isn't a big enough price to compel me to go looking for a new mic system, so for me, most definitely YES that would be a worthwhile investment towards a reasonable sonic upgrade.
Course, the price isn't usually just the $150 for the mic cables...it's more in the $200 to $300 range because if you're gonna upgrade your mic cables, it seems to me that you should also upgrade all of the equipment interconnects also. But even that cost wouldn't keep me from upgrading cables if the sound improvements are there.
But again, there's that caveat, what's a reasonable improvement and how subjective is it? To answer that, I really want to hear the data and make my own conclusions.
I appreciate everyone's input and I'll work on a mono recording when the cables return. I think I can line some Mogami or Canare up locally.
Chris, please don't take the following comment the wrong way...but...
Realizing that many of the comments in this thread have been directed at you and your responses to the original thread that you posted, and also realizing that this is your profession so you have a vested interest in getting information out to support the product you are promoting...but if you are confident that the test will show distinct results in favor of your product, the credibility factor would be higher if someone on this list that is willing to perform the test (but without a vested interest in the results) actually performed the test. In the end, that will be to your advantage. Not trying to pee in your wheaties, just trying to give you some real feedback that could in the end work in your favor.