I was a skeptic for a long time. Finally, to scratch that itch, I contacted a vendor and ordered a full set of cables for my rig. In short, I was very impressed. Clarity, sound stage, bass response and accuracy all improved to my liking. I suggest doing the same. Contact a vendor that allows you to return the cables before 60 days. You will need to pay return shipping but that is a fair price to determine if a $1K set of cabales will make a difference to your ears. If I may suggest, buy a set of Shunyata Venom-X RCAs, plug them in and see if you recognize a difference. Most cable makers claim the cables need to be broken in to discern a difference, but Shunyata says this is not necessary with these cables, I believe that to be true since I heard an immediate difference, improvement, upon swapping the cables out with my old ones.
my $0.02