Quote Originally Posted by Timster 7
Thanks for the input. I am still up in the air about how much difference cables make in the sound. But I do think there is a difference between $1.50 cables from walmart and quality built cables from my personal experience. FYI - The "Good Deal" is AR Master Series connects for $10.00 (retail was about 80.00). Now I personally think that is a pretty good deal. I know for you 'Super High-End Cable' people out there, that is not much money, but my budget was $50 and I found these for $10. If anyone wants to know my source, send me an email and I will let you know.
Generally, stereo equipment has a fairly high input impedance. (10 to 50,000 ohms.) This makes it easy to drive, so series resistance and inductance of the cable is not a factor in normal length cables. This leaves shunt capacitance. Most stereo equpment has a fairly low output impedance(50-100 ohms), so shunt capacitance in the lengths you are talking about is a non factor as well.

I measured 25 feet of several types of cable simulating the typical stereo set-up. The worst one(greatest shunt capacitance) was still ruler flat out beyond 100kHz and presented only a 4 degree phase shift at 20kHz.

-Bruce