If you want good sounding cable without spending big $, then go to Home Depot and buy the orange and black extension cord. That's right, the same thick cord we've all used for various jobs around the garage and yard.

Buy the cord and cut the plugs at both ends. Strip the jacket off the end and you'll see 3 wires inside. I stripped the white and black wire. Obviously. you don't need the 3rd wire so don't strip it. I left the wires bare and screwed them into my speakers and integrated amp and was rocking in no time. Clean sound is exactly what you will get.

Have you guys ever been to an independant audio shop? Where the gear is hooked up with something expensive like audioquest wire. Let me ask you this. If basic wire sucks so bad, why don't they have a run of simple wire that everyone uses (Monster) and plug it in so we can hear the music demo. Then switch to Audioquest or whatever they're selling so we can be completely blown away by the difference in sound quality. I mean, swapping out cable would take 2 minutes and they could sell lots of cable based on the huge improvement in sound. Right?

Since no one does this I can only assume there isn't really a huge improvement. If there was they would easily prove it.

A year ago a certain magazine ran a favorable article about using Home Depot extension cord. The writer also mentioned a famous speaker maker would use the commonly seen thicker black extension cord to hook up his speakers at various high profile audio shows and conventions.

I've been using Home Depot cables and I'm very happy.