Why buy separate and expensive cables for home theater? What's wrong with the ones in the box?

your system is only as good as your cables those in the box cables are the weakest link in your system. You are getting ripped off.

You can get away with the cheaper interconnects easily. But you definitely don't want to go cheap with speaker wires....maybe not necessarily cheap, just don''t try to use the super thin stuff you can floss your teeth with.

Go with at the very least a 16 awg gauge copper speaker wire. 14 or 12 awg is even better....(the smaller the number the fatter the wire) I like to get the best cables for RBG from DVD player to TV and fiber optic from DVD to sound amplifier. RCA's do the job every where else, you cant tell the difference with out instruments, I should say I cant tell the difference. Oh boy. Somebody looking to make a bigger commission or they are just plain ignorant. For a "basic" system, that is quite frankly ridiculous (link to my website and have them call me if you want and I'll tell them this on the phone). No way in HELL I would sell somebody that level of cable and power products for an entry level system even though cables are damned profitable. That is just flat out unethical and shows somebody out for themselves instead of trying to design the best system for YOU.

If you REALLY want to make a difference in the sound QUALITY of the system, you want to look at the one component that has more effect on the sound quality than ANY other component or cable...the Room. A good acoustic treatment package will have a major, giant, huge effect on the sound quality of your system. The difference you will hear with cable upgrades may be totally masked by room acoustics anomalies. Differences in cables may add up to 1/4 of a DB...where room peaks can be 20 to 30 db. I spec good solid cabling for my clients...we even make some if it ourselves but it is always balanced from a value standpoint with the rest of the system (i.e. I recommend you spend the money where it makes an actual difference).

After room acoustics, I'd analyze your needs and likely upgrade your speaker package. Another $500 upgrade in speakers and a sub will be a hell of a lot more audible than $500 in cables thru an entry level speaker set.

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