I'm still curious about the differences you hear with cables such as the Elements Water cable because despite their being silver-plated copper, the jacks on your equipment are likely, something lesser. It makes it seem akin to using a fire-hose in between a garden spigot and a remote sprinkler--the cable has excellent ability to transfer signal, but you have a bottleneck on both ends. Although, I suppose you could look at it like you're maximizing your ability to transfer signal in-between pieces of equipment, given their jacks, since the cable is superior to their jacks.
