Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable?

Ecruz, how do you know if the info from the front end is getting through if the speaker end is compromised? Or to stretch a point, if you know you have wax in your ear canal, do you still insist on upgrading the source because you are afraid that the 'info doesn't get from the front end'? Clear up the final link and then you will know if any changes to the source are beneficial.
Bob P.

The good news is that you can get very far with cheap speaker wires. Use signal transmission cables, sit back and listen.

I use a 65 cents/ft military surplus signal transmission wire (silver plated copper, teflon insulated) both as speaker cable and power cord. The cryo'ed cable Lak and I tested was so uncomfortably close to Pure Note Epsilon it wasn't funny.

Save your money for EXCELLENT interconnects.

Read the archives here and the Asylum.

I recommend to my customers their concentration should be on the low level (source to pre, digital connections, etc) signal paths first. They have the greatest ability to affect the overall quality of sonics IMO. Obviously some others disagree. Based on the discussion here you'll need to find out for yourself.

As you can see from the responses, there is no consensus. I'd consult the folks at http://www.usedcable.com It's important to know all of the specifics, such as price, sonic preferences, etc., and they can narrow the field quickly.

Mahandave has obviously not thought this through. The detail information between the source and preamp is at a super low level of output strength and is carrying the most infinitely fine detail until it passes through a wire connection. This is the cable that pays the system the most for ultimate detail retrieval. Speaker cables are the wires I can get away with a good neutral cable set. The source to pre gets the best and it helps to match that for the pre to amp set but a midgrade can be used there. I am writing a paper on that for Audiogoners that will be under cable as "cable logic"