cables are like ur arteries... it helps ur "blood"/signal to flow smoothly from ur "brain"/HU to ur "heart"/amp and distribute around to ur respective speakers..
so yeah.. i'd invest in good cables.

Have to admit that I'm totally not familiar at all in these cable topic which requires some 'experience' guys here for help & share their experience. As for me, interchanging with various type of RCA & speaker cables have produced improvments to an existing particular setup weather in ICE or home-audio, no doubt about it. On a normal ppl's question who usually have a cable-upgrade in mind but worry about the huge cost implications.

But can anybody here give us the 'insights' into the type of cables available in our local market minus those 'ultra' expensive which I've also used before. What's the price like(use home audio setup ratios) for instance for a pair of say 500mm length RCA & a pair of 2m length speaker cable.

What is also the recomended cable cost factor $$ for a home-audio as per the above lengths in % cost in relation to amp/speaker cost for example amp $2,500 + speaker $2,000 = ?? RCA+Speaker cost.

a rough guideline to cables spending

20% of ur equipment price...but this is just guideline

when ur equipment has reached a certain stage....then it doesnt go by ratio but by matching

running most expensive cables with most expensive equipment may not be d best

on an entry level system to mid entries, good cables bring the best out of ur equipment

as usual....branding is very subjective to personal taste

i prefer using XLO nowadays....am running the Ultra 2 with Aego M...
now thats an over kill..but it does bring the best out of Aego M...

i'm using d XLO Ultra 2 with Aego M bcoz i'm running in the cable now

i'm using XLO Pro in the car....and that has changed my soundstage significantly....

there r lots of cables out there...i suggest u choose those within ur very own budget....

find the densen demagnetizing cd and demagnetize ur system....u'll be surprised

brands & modesl that i have used and some currently using

1. Chord Calypso and Carnival - great entry level cables
2. AudioQuest Turqoise, Ruby, Alpha Snake - rcas
3. QED Qunex 3 & 4(rcas), 25th Silver Anniversary (spk)
4. Wireworld Terra 5 (spk cables)
6. Supra HDMI HF100
7. Monster Cables M100 rca for DVD player, Z1 Reference speaker cables for subwoofer
8. Hisago rcas
9. XLO Pro rcas & speaker cables / Ultra 2 RCAs and spk cables