Do expensive cables/wires REALLY make a difference


Im fairly new to the hifi world and just recently purchased a couple of high end peices.my question is this:ive been reading alot about cables and speaker wire,do the expensive ones really make that big of a difference???Is it really worth spending a small fortune on cables?? And is Monster Cable really overrated like ive been reading? Any help would be useful,thank you.
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I suspect that one of the problems here results from the fact that a little bit of research yields very different suggestions/ideas/products and therefore, confusion.... Here is a quote from Sanders Sound.. " At Sanders Sound Systems, we make no extravagant or false statements about our cables and interconnects. We do not claim that they sound any better than any other well-designed product out there. Our speaker cables are specifically designed NOT to alter the frequency response or sound quality of your loudspeakers. We believe that the speaker manufacturer knows how to get the best sound from their speakers and that we should not interfere with their design.  We offer two distinctly different types of speaker cable. One is for driving electrostatic loudspeakers and the other is for driving magnetic loudspeakers".


OK....how can you argue with the idea that each manufacturer of speakers or electronics that also sells their own cables would sell the cables that go best with what they make.  In that light....here are links to 4 different cables being offered by companies that primarily make speakers or electronics...and as you will see, the cables are all different from each other...and different from what you see being offered by the high end cable sellers.  No doubt, if you are considering upgrading/changing your cables, you will be more confused after you check these links.

http://sanderssoundsystems.com/products/speaker-cables-and-interconnects/speaker-cables

https://www.cherryamp.com/product-page/6-speaker-snakes-pair

https://www.decware.com/newsite/speakercables.htm

http://gr-research.com/b-6speakercables-2.aspx