I, too, find it quite a surprise that in the whole length of this thread, there is no actual description of the different characteristics/sound of each particular type of cable - plenty of how many conductors in a variety of multiple wires, etc, etc but no actual comparison of the different sound of the cables on the same headphones (apart from "better", that is).
So, for the uninformed, why would the Skuld, Norn or Rhein of some particular number of wires, strands, treatment, plait method, etc, etc be a better cable for, say, the AKG k701 driven by a high current follower amp for a wide variety of music. And, what is a "better" cable anyway?
I'm waiting for costing about diy cables, but I still have no way of choosing one particular type of cable over the other - it's quite frustrating, and I'll probably end up choosing a cable on cost, not quality - not exactly a good recipe for aural success.
How do you make any sort of informed guess?