Studio cabling - DIY vs Hosa vs Mogami

[Che_Guitarra]

I'm going through the process of shifting my home studio gear into a new rack setup.  I've enlisted the help of a good buddy, and he's cringing at the sight of so many Hosa, el-cheapo and DIY cables in my rig.  He swears by Mogami cables, and is willing to bet $100 i'll hear a straight up improvement by swapping to Mogami myself... if not, the $100 is mine.  I estimate i'll need a budget of about $800-1K to make the switch.

So my question is - are Mogami cables really worth the investment, or should I just continue on with maintaining the so-called ugly bunch of cables I currently use?  If the only difference is reliability that's not really a sell for me, as in my experience the only difference between a non-working cable and a working cable is a date with a soldering iron.

I've never bought a 'top shelf' cable in my life so I have no scope for comparison.  Are Mogami cables worth their outlay?

 

[braeden]

Are you planning on moving the cables a lot? straining them at all? No? I wouldn't bother with Mogami for that much of a price difference.

Sure, they're quality cables but I don't see anything wrong with Hosa. I own an 8-ch Hosa snake and there's nothing wrong with it as far as I know.

 

[pucho812]

there are other cables that are on par with mogami but are alot less expensive. I don't like hosa those molded ends always break internally.