Who says cables don't make a difference?

roberttdid, roberttcan, atdavid, Ethan Winer, etc. are they all the same person or did hey just go to the same pseudo science academy? 

You may be interested in this topic over on the Gretsch guitar forum.

Consensus:

Total BS to professional musicians who PLAY and RECORD the music we all listen to.  Best comment:  Expensive cables MAY sound a bit "brighter" if you like that, but most can't hear it and those who do don't like it.

Best liked include Southcreek  $10-$13 depending on length.

Also:

Many years ago Guitar Player magazine did a shootout between a lot of cables priced all over the spectrum. Their conclusion was that mega-expensive cables did sound different, though that difference wasn't always preferred, & that a simple Carvin cable, slightly more expensive than the cheapest in the survey, sounded as good as 90% of the others.
(2) A couple years ago I eliminated about half the hum in my system by replacing an expensive George L cable with a much less expensive Mogami patch cord.

Mogami's are expensive--about $65.00--but seem to last on the road with hard gigging and, of course, ROADIES handling the equipment.

Also, brought out the fact that "do you have to rewire your amp and guitar as well?"

Once again, musicians seem to have some answers...

Cheers!

I play the guitar myself, and cables would not have the same relevance there that they do in home audio. With home audio, we are placing cables after the source and changing that sound. With a guitar, most of  the processing of the sound happens after the cable, in the amp, which then modifies the signal it receives from the pickups, and guitar amps have a lot of tone control over the sound, much more so than any cable does. So you really can not compare the two in the same discussion. When I play, I dial in the sound I want with the controls on the amp, a cable placed before the amp does its thing would not have great affect, and what it does have would be just one setting, and easily modified to a much greater extent by my manipulation of the different tone controls. Cables, and individual pieces of equipment are our tone controls in home audio. I am still unclear why it’s such a bad thing to have those in our hobby, though I believe feel that it impacts the sound in a negative with with active controls?

Cables, and individual pieces of equipment are our tone controls in home audio

I would disagree with this statement.  Tone control is too broad an analogy.  

The subject is broad. Most equipment has its own sound. It imparts that sound into what you hear, but you only have have sound for each piece for the most part. Some equipment does have the ability to select some different sounds. People buy audio equipment all the time because of the sound it gives them in their system. There’s no doubt about that. With a guitar amp, while each can ha e a totally different sound, they offer way more range of sounds and tones that they can create. Of course that’s because their purpose is different, they’re intended to create using, not reproduce it. I know many are against tone controls, etc on audio equipment, but personally I don’t see why, as long as that doesn’t take away anything.