Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system?

Wow, all of the deniers are here after they were asked NOT to spout off with their negative comments. Please read the original post, it clearly states “Please, please, PLEASE don't tell me that cables don't make a difference. I disagree and there's nothing you can say or do that will change my mind, so save it for another thread, please.”  What part of that don’t you understand?

@d_joudrey I find it amazing is that you read any review, premier, report from an audio show. every speaker, amplifiers, streamer, DAC manufacturer is using upgraded cables, interconnect, power, speaker, tonearm, and enhanced internet switches and connections, or fiber. Many of these manufacturers have no connection to these other manufacturers. So why would the do this?

Simple to maximize the performance and experience of the reviewer, customer. Because they make a difference. If it truly did not then they would use the cheapest crap on the planet.

I’ve tried cables that made more difference in sound than swapping DACs (the two DACs being relatively similar in technology and price, but showing their own subjective differences nonetheless).

I own so many different cables I could easily alter the tonal and spatial characteristics of the system by changing the cable loom, and not by a small degree. So yes, in my experience cables are definitely components that have to be chosen with as much care as the rest.