Which Cables Are of Most Importance?


In a hi-end system, McIntosh, B&W, which cables will give me the most bang for the buck between IC's, speaker, power and HDMI? Which cables are most important and which are least important? Will concentrating my $$ in any one or two cables give me the most bang for the buck?
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i put a morrow map-3 ac cord [600 bucks with upgraded wattgates] on my 300 dollar emotiva preamp and it has transformed my system. the soundstage is extremely open and pleasing to my ears. i suspect i will be advised i should have just bought a 1000 dollar preamp of some flavor but so it goes in my world.
Thanks for the link Jtimothya, an interesting read indeed. Always interesting to see such strong viewpoints on cables.
I've been playing with cables for long time. This comes from experience not from "I think, maybe, theoretically...
1 SC
2 PC
3 IC
4 HDMI
For myself I have experienced the greatest amount of impact from powere cables, then speaker cables followed by analog interconnects. Bringing up the distant rear are all shapes and forms of digital cables.