Cable is important, say what you will, you need a "good" quality cable. I agree that the whole high end audiophile cable thing is a little over exagerrated, but make sure you get decent cables.
I highly recommend Blue Jeans cable. I was running cheap Nexxtech cable from CircuitCity on my home stereo rig, and when I switched to Blue Jeans Belden, I could definitely tell an improvement. It was like someone opened up a cellophane wrap off the speakers or something.
So I would recommend the Belden speaker cables from Blue Jeans and their RCA cables for the stereo. I am not sure if their video cables make a difference, cos I havent tried them, and I am not "videophile" and to my eyes, my cheap component and HDMI cables look good enough.
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Main Rig:Foobar2k+ASIO -> Cambridge DacMagic/EMU 0202 -> Canare+Neutrik IC -> Gilmore Lite -> Beyerdynamics DT770 2005 CE
Home rig : Sony SCD-CE595 -> Onkyo TX-8222 -> Insignia NS-B2111/AT ATH-A700/Sennheiser HD650 recabled Dowin DW12
Portable setup:Creative Zen Sleek 20gb/Sony 618/Zune 30gb -> Super.fi 3/AT ES5/KSC75 w Extra Comfy/JVC Marshmallows 2
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