Gentlemen, I know you like to have a laugh at the audiophile madness, just like I am aghast at the obscene pricing and unnecessary cosmetic build materials. In the case, of speaker cables and power cables, if you measure the electrical properties of stock vs say, Shunyata, there will surely be some difference. But does it translate to difference in the sound of your system ? Probably not that much. To be fair, some audiophile reviewers, they do say it does not benefit some very high end equipment. So for power cables, it depends on the power supply in your equipment. In the case of speaker cables, it all depends on the output impedence of your amplifier and the impedence characteristics of your speaker. All the speaker cable designers do, is keep tweaking the inductance/capacitance balance. Many try to reduce the capacitance, while keeping the inductance low (by winding which actually will increase capacitance). Note, resistor, capacitor or inductor that we buy/use in our circuits are not necessarily purely resistance, capacitance or inductance. They have other properties as well, but very low. It is quite possible some people can hear the differences between different resistors, capacitors or inductors of the same value but from different brand/quality. This is the same story with power or speaker cables, they are not purely resistive. BTW, Shunyata in sanskrit language means, nothingness. They are trying to shoot for it in their cable designs.
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