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With a short run (less than 6'), the ARs will look pretty much the same as the "better" cables.
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Well.... I dont want people to get the idea that 10 feet or so is some type of magic number where you should spend more on cables.
The actual coax manufacturers roll out 100 feet of coax, shove signals down the ends and brag about the signals at the other end. 3 feet-30 feet should not make a noticible difference. (Assuming the extra length does not run in parallel with other power cables that could inject noise.)
Avic Cables: I only found a etailer site that had a blurb on these cables. From the look and the few numbers they include, it looks like they are using Canare coax and (hopefully) Canare RCA plugs. These are well respected parts.
What I DID NOT like was some of the mis-information on the site. They negative-sell cables that use a silver-coated conductors. They even claim silver could "... harm your equipment". They also claim that ordinary component video needs a bandwidth of 270 Mhz - I'm at a loss to understand whos butt they pulled this number from.
Here are the maximum frequencies involved in these different video types:
Composite video: 4 Mhz
Progressive Video: 13 Mhz
1080 Video: 35 Mhz
As a hedge, engineers take 2X or 4X the maximum expected frequency and find coax that can transmit this over 100 feet with less than a 3 db drop.
Because of the odd numbers quoted about Avic cables, and the scare-tactics - I'd avoid this brand.
You can find better/more honest builders in this link:
Home Theater Accessories.
You can also just search this fourm for "Component Cables" and find lots of personal recomendations for these sites.
