Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference?

You all need better cables. Not just better quality in the outside,  but with ultra-premium shielding on the inside. The more expensive it is, the richer your music will sound.

the irony just gets better and better..........

No the irony is that same subject lives already two centuries.
If people want specs let it be, otherwise trust your ears.

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Thomas Edison, who was a showman, would do blind listening tests with his audience using a live professional singer and his new phonograph on stage.  Over a hundred years later and nothing really has changed. 

petg60, that is exactly how people get sucker punched. The last thing you want to do is trust your ears. They will lead you astray all over the place.
If you want a really exceptional system by all means listen but understand you can be easily fooled especially if you have not trained your ears to know what flat and time aligned sounds like. Most people here are trying to function without a known reference in a situation were the frequency response of their system in their room can be +- 20 dB. In order to tell whether or not anything is making a difference you have to AB it multiple times preferably blind. In many instances what you think sounds better at first listening really does not and may even be worse.

Many people are listening to what I call exaggerated sound, boosted highs or mid bass (to make up for lack of real low end.) usually not caused by equipment but by the room. They mistake this for detail when in reality it is hiding detail. Measure or have your room measured. The graph will make you sick.

Throwing up room treatment without knowing what your room is actually doing is another extraordinary thing to do. Yes, you will change the sound in many instances making it worse. This is how I know "bass traps" do not work. I have measured them several times in different systems. All they do is absorb or redirect high frequencies, nothing else.