I suspect that there will be no consensus in the responses which will follow. IMO what can be said with reasonable confidence is as follows:
1)Speaker cables will assume increased importance if speaker impedance is low, and if cable length is long.
2)Analog interconnect cables will assume increased importance if the output impedance of the component driving them is high, and if cable length is long, and if the interface is unbalanced (i.e., RCA) rather than balanced (i.e., XLR).
3)IMO power cable importance can be expected to often be greater for power amplifiers and digital components than for other kinds of components.
Hope that helps. Regards,
-- Al
1)Speaker cables will assume increased importance if speaker impedance is low, and if cable length is long.
2)Analog interconnect cables will assume increased importance if the output impedance of the component driving them is high, and if cable length is long, and if the interface is unbalanced (i.e., RCA) rather than balanced (i.e., XLR).
3)IMO power cable importance can be expected to often be greater for power amplifiers and digital components than for other kinds of components.
Hope that helps. Regards,
-- Al