subwoofer cable, coaxial cable, component and phono plugs

[edong]

Subwoofer cable - connected from the subwoofer output of the surround receiver to, guess what, the subwoofer.

Coaxial cable - connected from the digital audio output of the DVD player to the digital input of the surround sound receiver.

Component (yellow, green & blue) - connected from the DVD to HDTV

Phono plugs - connected from the audio out of the DVD player to the audio input of the HDTV along with the component cables (in case I do not want to turn on the receiver)

At least these are the terms used in the manual and/or written on the back of the equipment.

Question - quality aside, are these cables basically the same and can be interchanged? They have the same RCA connectors. Just do not know if they are different inside.

Thanks.

[ZippyP.]

Without seeing them it's difficult to say, but if the cables look the same then they likely are. Basically it's just copper wire which may be in a coaxial (shielded) or side-by-side arrangement.