i compared the following speaker cables/wires:

Home depot 12g $.40 foot
monster cable $1.00 foot
Two pairs of Transparent Cable one at $400.00 a pair and the other was $600.00 a pair.
Better Cables $139.00
My brother-in-law and I spent a night comparing the five. Could not tell the diference. I went with the Monster Cable over the Home Depot only because it was easier to manage. The Home Depot 12g is very stiff and hard to separate.