@ rok2id,Hi, I do not want to make you angry like some of the other people on this forum,so please excuse me,It seems no one wants to be honest with you cause they are being respectful of you as I will be,cables do make a huge difference,to me they should out perform the componets and speakers thus costing more than the system if you will,here is the problem thou,you have to have a very resolving,very high-end system of at least $10,000.00 and up to here the effects of your better,trusted,brands of cables out there,,my system is near $70,000.00, mostly the high cost of cables,they are that important to me,do I agree with the cost of esoteric cables?,of course not!,or alot of other things such as speakers,the system you have is a hi-fi system that you will in no way hear what good quality cables can do,It is not a high-end system and that is the problem, not a good brand of cables such as, Taralabs,nordost,stealth audio,transparent,lessloss,purist audio,kimber cable,synjestic research,there is a few more to name,but I believe these will do,I know it takes money and time to obtain a real high-end system,LoL,exspensive hobby!,I do not wish disrespect to you sir,and I am not bashing what you have ither,I feel someone needed to tell you this about the system you are trying to hear cable differences with,you will not!,you have to obtain a quality amp like Krell,passlabs,audioresearch,boulder,just to name a few,the amp is a good start!,as a matter of fact,if you had eanyone of these amps and use what you have,well,to put it in better words and use one of the brands of cables I mentioned above,you will be shocked to say the least of what cables really do!,as I said,please excuse me and I'm sorry if I intimidated you in eany way sir,,Happy listening to all!