Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables

I did a comparison in the 1990’s and included a Home Depot 12 gauge power cord (with ends cut off, cut to length), cheap Radio Shack speaker wire and a set of Transparent and Cardas Speaker cables. The Home Depot sounded great... it was better than the Radio Shack stufff... I might have compared Monster (I know I compared several Monster products... they were no better than the what comes with components, speaker wire may have been one of them). The Transparent and Cardas were much better... and very different from each other. At the time I think I had a Threshold preamp and amp. I have much better equipment now. 

I will say, that my office system is still using a Home Depot power cord speaker wire. If you don’t want to spend more than $100 - $150... it is a very good alternative. I find the lower tier speaker wire, power cords and interconnects, generally of little benefit... especially the  hooking up budget components. I have a Schiit Gungnir multi-bit DAC, and Prima Luna Integrated amp, with Totem speakers on my office system. I am sure if this was my main system... I would research the heck out of it and find some used $1k cables and interconnects that would improve the sound a little. 

audphile1, Let's put our cards on the table shall we. You wouldn't like any video no matter how it sounded. Your feathers were ruffled from the start and continue to be ruffled. You're just getting yourself all worked up over this. 

Must got be slow over on ASR or Amir has got his panties in a bunch over Iran or illegals of certain religious persuasions being shipped off to South Sudan, with High Court approval.

@rankaudio Don't be concerned for us over here we're perfectly happy blowing $1000s on glorified bellwire and lampcord.

BTW Topping is a t*rd and it can't be polished. Lipstick on a pig, pearls before swine.

 lordmelton, I like how you worded that. 

@jasonbourne71 I'm with you on this one...Very few speaker manufacturers use high quality internal wiring. Assuming 4 ohm speakers and amplifiers under 500 wpc 12 gauge monster cable is more than adequate for any kind of wire run under 50 feet and there will be no audible benefit to using heavier or more expensive wire. So much of the things that have audiophiles degenerating into hand wringing over the choice to make are so inconsequential as to be laughable. Just do what is expedient and don't sweat the choice and get back to listening to the music...that is after all what we go thru all this trouble for.