can speaker cables help?

In my experience, Soix is dead-on regarding speaker placement. It took me about two weeks of fiddeling (20 min per day after work) to get my set-up where I was satisfied. One problem, and it just might be me, after about 15 minutes of listening I seemed to loose my objectivity. I had to keep notes to insure I was making progress. After that, I begged, borrowed and finally bought new cables. They did make a noticable difference but I do not think I would have recognised their added value, without first being sure they were the only change.

I completely agree with the two previous posts, speaker placement is SO very important. My listening chair has castors so I can roll around and change my listening distance. The change in soundstaging and location of musical elements is very noticeable. Positioning of speakers and their toe-in is also critical to the size and focus of the aural illusion.

Consttraveler, just like you I lose a lot of my objectivity if I listen too long. It may have to do with our attention spans or maybe it's just that we adjust to what we're hearing and the difference we noted earlier recedes into haze.

Just to add to the good info from the previous posters -- EVERYTHING-- matters and contributes-- once the speakers are set up. Be it cables or the components themselves. Then there is room treatments. Got them first reflection points treated?--Big help,to be had.--Corners of the ceiling,etc.-- just like the ladys of the night--you gotta work the room!!

My brief experience in this hobby agrees with George's statements. I have and haven't noticed changes both good and bad to my system's sound by altering components, cables/cords, isolation tweaks, power conditioning and positioning.

But that being said, I apologize Claude for possibly adding confusion to your question. Cables whether they be interconnects, speaker cables or power cords can have an effect on soundstaging. It would help if you could list your components, then maybe some recommendations would follow.

I've found Monster M1000 interconnects to dramatically enhance the illusion of depth....IN MY SYSTEM.