Cables - When Did it All Start?

I don't remember who the first cable company was but my first high-end cable was a pair of speaker cable from Mark Levinson in the late 70's. The main design concern at that time was to minimize skin effect and resistance. So the Mark Levinson cable was very thick and was made up of thousands of very fine pure copper wires.

I dont know if this would help,Iam not sure if its
also true,One salesman at tweeter told me the reason
why monster cable are cheaper but good.He said
that Noel Lee got the patent,So everyone who sells
pay him royalty?WILLING TO BE CORRECTED IF WRONG.
I MYSELF,I want to know.

In my experience, Gold-ends were the first ever "fru fru" interconnects, circa 1975. They had a thick, black rubbery outer insulation, coil spring strain reliefs and gold plated, solid metal RCA's: basically everything the OEM and Radio Shack cables lacked. Then along came the monster.

Most of the science behind high end audio cables was originally pioneered by P.T. Barnam.

My first audiophile cable purchase also occurred about this time, (mid 1970’s).

Mine was the Peterson Litz, a tiny diameter interconnect with a jewel like jacket and gold RCA connections. I found out later it was manufactured from surplus military aircraft communications cable.

Steve McCormack was the culprit that introduced me to this high end cable. I clearly remember being confused as to why it effected performance (wire is wire).

Unfortunately for me, the Peterson was soon defeated by later versions from Peterson, followed by Cardas and Audioquest (among others). Fast forward to today and find my personal bank account empty, due to the stunning performance offered by Purist Audio Design.

Considering the evolution of speaker drivers, power supplies, digital players and phono cartridges, it was only a matter of time for high performance cables to be recognized as components instead of accessories.