Hey nice first post dude glad you could add so much to this discussion. So what would you consider non "joke audiophile cables"?
There needs to be some who try to inject some reality into this hobby, far to many myths, untruths and blatant scams as it is...
These cable and the claims are at best deceptive at worse...
A good cable is one that is correctly engineered and specified for the job at hand, available at reasonable prices from many companies, cables and interconnection are one area of electronics that has been studied greatly since Oliver Heaviside, you don't need esoteric dubious expensive cables way over priced or subscribe to the many misleading myths and BS put forth by many high end cable manufacturers.... Physics will do.