Kingfrog, I look forward to pictures of your rig wired up with coathangers...

As unimportant as they all are, no doubt you have the absolute cheapest cables that money can buy. No? So there IS some kind of difference? I'm sure Mr. Hosa owes you a dept of gratitude, too...

And, just to explain it for the slow and confused... Speaker cables carry high level signals. Enough to run a heater! Using a solid wire is MUCH better at the job, under most circumstances, if the gauge is sufficient to not melt However, of course, you can't coil it, pack it, easily connect it, avoid getting electrocuted by it (no shield on a coathanger).... but it'll conduct the hell out of electricity

So, how well a braided, flexible cord carries current compared to a thick solid wire to the point of indistinguishableness is pretty damn good... The bullshit 'test' you brought up never bothers to see if these 'experts' were capable of distinguishing the expensive cables to cheap ones, which is the REAL test, as few (other than Kingfrog, I guess ) are ever going to wire up their rig with coathangers.

In fact, perhaps you ought to see whether you can tell the difference between ANYTHING before you criticize anybody. I guarantee, you couldn't tell the difference between whatever cables you have now, and those that are cheaper. So what's YOUR reason for spending more than you need?