The truth will make you richer! Well known in the hobby is that in double blind tests, few if anybody can tell the difference between cables. And yes, there are some bad cables out there but the price has little to do with there being 'bad'. Are there differences in cables that you can hear? Yes, but until you put them in your rig, little can be known from there price. Twelve gauge speaker wire from Home Depot has worked well for me. Enjoy the music.
Very interesting radio shack vs. audioquest
I was having trouble with my amp and while troubleshooting i thought it was the cables or spades. i went to radio shack and got cheap wire. OMG the radio shack sounds much better to me than my audioquest bedrock. hmmmm