Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?

You can never tell the difference in cables if your system or the dealers is crap and not resolving enough. No disrespect but it is what it is. I don’t care what the retail price is - my system with those cables being swapped out would smack the listener right in the mouth. It’s not someone’s ears and/or the ability to tell a little differences. To the contrary it’s pretty simple when you get smacked in the mouth you know it. Not much blind testing needed for that. Whamm - smack - "oh ok - I see what you mean now". Simple simple stuff. The Audioquest were most likely Chinese knock offs but no matter - even those are way better and will be heard x 10000 in my system. I dust the room and after you can hear a difference are you kidding me. $5k cables that’s a ton of money because I have owned plenty of $5k cables but never paid that. I bought/own HIDiamond D8 with nice Furutech locking banana’s and they were a nice upgrade over my PAD cables. My Upper model PAD were over $6k new I paid $1500 used for them. My HiDiamonds were $3,200 and I paid $1,000 plus my PAD cables. I’m a guy that likes buy top quality stuff slightly Preowned or Demo at around 40% to 70% off retail. It’s just too expensive to buy everything new. Who does that? Well I know a lot do but I don’t. That said, to name just a few I’ve had Cardas Golden Reference - Cardas Golden Cross - High end PAD cables - name too annoying to remember Provo revision 3 this or that and many other but all are a thousand times better than cheap basic crap cable. Heck my first great cable upgrade was a pair I still own today in a box in my basement somewhere - Audioquest Type 4 and those were a thousand times better than the typical copper looking on one said and silver on the other kind total crap you get from RadioShack. You could put Audioquest Type 4 in a Home Theater in a box and hear it for s--- sake. That stuff is pure crap and sounds like pure crap and anyone that’s says different is full of crap or there system is total crap or they are just clueless - no offense. I did not read all posts but if someone - anyone says cable doesn’t matter they are probably right because their system is so dull sounding and lifeless it doesn’t matter or the room interaction is just so horrid but they matter and a ton but the rest of the gear needs to corespond. If your spending $5k on cable you best have $15k in amplification and pre - $15k in a source and transport - $15k in speakers and $15k in power cables, Condition and IC’s or it’s a waste. Resolution brother it’s all about resolution. Spend $1,200 on a quality used pair like some Audience AU24SE or Cardas Reference something or another if you have only a little money then get some Audioquest Type 4 for $150 but don’t use that crap. No the power cable doesn’t matter on a VHS player with that I agree. The triple blind test is crap! Please excuse the mad Type-o’s texting while driving is kind of tough :)

Shadorne - I understand how you feel. I can now see how picking up one of those Denons of yours can make cables become less relevant. I can see how they remove colorations as well. We all learn every day and I guess today is my day to learn. 
Thank you