Being a music lover and affording the gear to be able to really try to reproduce what musicians were trying to do are t two phrases that are not usually synonymous with each other. Also as a reviewer who has a real world budget for this hobby puts me in a difficult position! While reviewing every expensive esoteric cable known to man (which I've done on occasion) can be a lot of fun, it always comes down to what I can really afford to put into my system.