Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry?

if you under the geometry patents, please elaborate.  If not, waste your money on hokum. 

Twisted cables tend to have higher capacitance but lower inductance on average. It's a trade off so there is no perfect solution.  

This isn't relevant to speaker wire used at home. The main thing is resistance as long as that's kept to less than 5% of a speakers impedance we're good. The capacitance and inductance of the wire is insignificant relative to the capacitance and inductance of the speaker.

There's a whole Facebook group, called "Audio BS", devoted to hating exotic speaker cables.   There's good reason.   

About 10 years ago a buddy of mine was landlord to a hi-end audio distributor.   One night, he went into their space, disconnected their hi-end audio speaker cables, and wired up 24 gauge zip cord.  What Radio Shack used to call "speaker wire" back some 40 years ago.   He did this in such a way that it wasn't visually obvious.  You had to look for it.

The next day he was chatting with the guys who ran the shop and they were gushing forth about how wonderful their rig sounded that day.  He left it there for a week before going back in again in the dead of night and putting things back.

Save your money.

There are plenty of great bargains in speaker cables.....you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to get a good sound. My high end speaker cables (OCC copper) cost was $368 for 10FT.  

@russbutton - yes your buddy’s little "trick" only proved a well known fact...
- i.e. some people that sell audio components have poor hearing - really !

I have come across sales people that have connected speakers out of phase and were unable to detect the problem. So they have no hope at all at telling which cable performs best based on their "listening abilities".

Lets face it - most audio stores are in it to make money and cables are a hot item once a component or system is sold. But they have to sell "established" brands.

This is why so many of the smaller cable companies sell direct and hope word of mouth gets them the sales they are after

I’ve tried many times to promote a lesser know brand of cable that performs extremely well - to my local stores.

But Stores are driven by their customers, who want established brands because of their resale value. So quality cables from a lessor known brand never get a fair shake.

Basically - it is up to the customer - trust your ears

If you cannot tell the difference between two cables, not a problem - stick with the cables you have.- you’ve just saved a ton of money.

But some of us ARE ABLE to notice the difference between cables - trust me :-)

Regards - Steve