how much should you spend on cable?

Inna:

"50% the price of speakers for 8'pair of speaker cables is within reason"

I guess I have to disagree. If cables are components they are passive components. A speaker has to transform electrical energy to magnetic energy to mechancial energy to acoustical energy. A cable only needs to transfer the signal. A spending ratio of 2/1, speaker to speaker cable, is pretty crazy if you ask me.

I remain,

Reviving this thread in light of recent discussions here on cabling.  I am currently running two systems.  On my main system, investment in cables is about 20% based on retail prices.  On my secondary system my investment is closer to 40%.  In both cases, I think the cables are appropriate and have increased my enjoyment considerably.  Interested in your thoughts.

I don't even know but I guess I spent less than one percent. Anything more is a waste of money.

It's a little difficult to answer that question because I stopped using cables as well as interconnects and power cords a while back. But good luck with this thread anyway. 😀

Here for some cable science: http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#introduction