Do speaker cables really make a difference ?

yes it does, to me, but as others have said, it is very subtle among various well made cables

small signal cables make much more noticeable difference, digital or analog

Back in the days of yore everybody used lamp cord - and nobody complained!

Back in the day we used carrier horse & pigeons for transport and nobody complained.....

Back in the day we used a lavadero wash / rinse tub and clothesline … everybody complained. Likely why they didn’t bother to bathe often and wore the same damn clothes for days ;-)

Depending on your system, YES. My garage system is an old boom box with inputs and a removable powercord, but I doubt I’d notice much difference changing the PC.

Back in the days of yore everybody used lamp cord - and nobody complained!

Back in the day we used carrier horse & pigeons for transport and nobody complained.....

@thyname

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