Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy C
... how about listening early morning, or later in the evening? Much less ambient noise. Free.

Man is this the truth and then some. Further, I get the midday blues from the abuse the power grid takes. I don't wanna start a fight (you can call me "ole dead ears" if you want), but while I have never heard the difference in cables I have definetely heard the difference between an overlworked electrical system and one not. I would imagine that this is exacerbated for those of us in the city.

I used to use Furman Power Conditioners on my guitar rig. Maybe this is something to look into...