The short version was that James Randi pulled some crap about Michael using his own cables, and then Michael threw crap right back and none of us get's the find out the results. I suggested we all just pool our money and buy some Pear Cables, but before that could happen, this did...
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=941184
Long story short, in a semi-flawed test, a self-proclaimed audiophile with some crazy nice equipment couldn't tell the difference. My take...
If you are a normal person (total system cost less than $30K not counting the room) then you don't need fancy cables. If you have not treated you room, you sure as *heck* don't need fancy cables. And if you own fancy cables, you shouldn't even read anything I have to write...
The cables are not the weakest link in your system, and if they are, I'm jealous.