Servo wrote: 
Exactly...and that's why all the talk of resistance and impotence (ha) doesnt matter to me.  Of course the science is a relevant discussion, but no offense to any posters here...I doubt any are qualified to truly argue the point. It seems to be turning into an argument of Dem vs. Rep or Keynesian vs. Austrian School. If you guys are having fun with that, by all means, carry on.  Regardless, it all boils down to whether the listener can hear a difference.  In the beginning I was in the naysayer camp.  But, when I swapped out my Bluejean cable interconnects with a pair of Audioquest King Cobra interconnects, I heard the soundstage open up, and the high end lose a touch of grain.  Was it night and day? No.  Was it a discernible difference?  Yes, but a difference you may not hear with the typical surround system one picks up at Best Buy...but one I could discern in my system...and something I verified in a blind test with other listeners.  Believe me, the last thing I wanted to find was that spending $400 on a cable would make a difference in my system.  But then again, that's the fun of owning a nice rig...experimenting with different tweaks to see how they affect the sound.  I didn't mind spending a $100 (I got mine used) to see if it would work, science be damned?...and it did. 

Among the "audiophile" folks I've met on my journey, it is still a divided camp...but I found a strong majority leaning towards it makes a difference to at least upgrade from the stock cords.   And as you pointed out in another post, just because the manufacturer didnt include the "best" cord/connection or whatever with the stock unit, doesnt mean an updgrade/tweak wouldn't make it better.  Of course its all marketing (whether or not they include the best cord/cable...), regardless of the price point.

And because of all the variables in a given system, what works for me may not for you...and vice versa.

If you want to have some real fun, try experimenting with outboard DACs.

 kurtster wrote: 
3-D iz cool...like'z shiny ends..haz to be gold tho !

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
Ummm ... the're shiny at the ends and have a black coating.  And 3-D capable !

Edit: OBTW, they actually work ...

I really am lucky to have a brick and mortor Microcenter nearby.  Save a ton of money without having to wait for delivery.

 kurtster wrote: 
..yes,but are they gold plated ?

 Servo wrote: 
Why you gonna call me a liar?
 Servo wrote: 
We're talking home/consumer products, not " pro audio/video business".   I will not pretend to be in the "pro audio/visual business" - just a poor dumb consumer with 45 years experience playing around with home systems.

In your home if your right speaker cable is 8 ft long and the left is 10 ft long there is no difference in sound from the two speakers,

 Servo wrote: 
It's called a pun

 
Thank ceiling cat, we have a Microcenter a half an hour from here.  15' HDMI for $19.  Two 6' for $13. 

Finally... a forum thread which matters! 

 winter wrote: 

 Servo wrote: 

 winter wrote: 
Yeah, mine plays Bjork too...

A careful recording was made of my stereo playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. When this recording was played back through my stereo, God Himself wept because "it makes Heaven look like someone crapped on a cotton ball".

If my stereo were to reproduce the sound alone of the Big Bang, eight new universes would be born - each clearer, sharper, and more lifelike than the original.

I have the best hi-fi single speaker stereo in the world.

My stereo not only reproduces sound outside the range of human hearing, it reproduces music that is beyond human comprehension.

When my stereo was just a tape player, it had the foresight and presence of mind to apply for a business loan and use it to invest in Apple. Now it is one of the fifty richest audio setups in the United States.

If my stereo skips when playing a CD track, the artist will invariably go back and re-record it to include the skip as an improvement.

 kysmet wrote: 
You'd think for $400 bucks they would have finished putting it together.

Saw this at Best Buy today...for $399!

 

 Xeric wrote: 
Now you're being silly.