I’ve concluded that high end cables/speaker wire are a waste of money and does not significantly improve the sound of your system. As long as your wire has a “solid connection” meaning the wire is not broken or have crimps in it, 10 cent per foot speaker wire performs just as well as $10+ per foot wire.

Here’s how I came to that conclusion…
I have a set of Klipsch RF-7 speakers, and an older high end Yamaha receiver (Yamaha RX-V670). I had VERY inexpensive 12 gauge speaker wire from Radio Shack (from a spool) connected to the mains. It sounded fine, but reading forums and talking to some friends I decided to upgrade to Monster Cable. I bought Monster Z1 cable 10ft pair for $75. Absolutely NO DIFFERNCE IN SOUND. And believe me if you’re familiar with Klipsch speakers (or read the reviews) they are extremely sensitive to what’s connected to them and are notorious for shedding light on the short comings of your system. At some point I’d like to get a Rotel pre-amp/amp and I’ll try the same test, but I’m sure the results would be the same.

I realize there are much higher end cable$/wire$ out there than Monster Z1, but I’m confident that the results would be the same, so I’m not about to spend a nickel more on wire. I mean think about it…you can put insulation around wire, braid it in multiple strands like Bo Derek’s hair, and do other tricks, but you can’t really improve wire. Wire is wire.