I believe length matters, gauge matters, and good secure terminations matter. I don't want my cables to be frayed or the connections loose. I believe that quality in cables hits diminishing returns after a few dollars per foot. Less than that for power cords, maybe more for XLR interconnects. If you think I'm wrong, could you please steer me to a good objective comparison test? For example, show me some before-and-after frequency or impulse response charts.