Hi guys, My friend, who "retired" from this great hobby gave away some of his stuff that he had in a basement for some years now. He gave me his expensive cables that are 4 times thicker than my previous ones (even though I had decent ones). He also gave away his Sony C222ES CD player Sony SCD-C222ES Multichannel SACD 5-disc changer at Crutchfield.com Monster HTS 5100 power center Amazon.com: Monster HTS 5100 10-Outlet Power Center with Stage 4 Clean Power: Electronics Question ,.,...... when I A/B test speakers and my old ones did not have these EXTRAS ... is it still a fair test between speakers? receivers? thank you. center channel cable Subwoofer cable Cables for the new Sony C222ES CD player (will my CDs really sound better than my when I play them through Samsung BluRay via HDMI???) Left and Right speaker cables. Thank you for any info you can provide.