Does the quality of audio cable really matter?

Question

do it really matter?

Answer 1

Well it depends if you have a quality system .  I'm not sure if you're referring to stereo or tv,  But the old saying is if you spend a ton of money on a stereo system and then go to wal-mart and buy some cheap speaker wires, then you've pretty much defeated the purpose. I wouldn't go out and buy high dollar Monster cable speaker wires.  but buy a bit of heavy duty wires.   When it comes to buying HDMI cables, There's such a scam with them it's crazy.  The only difference is the amount of gold that the leads have.  Gold will only have more protection for heat or moisture related issues, so if heat and moisture isn't an issue to you , then you need to buy the cheaper cables.  EBay sells a lot of the so called high quality products that you're referring to for a fraction of what you can buy in the retail stores.