General Asylum: Why not drop10K on cables? by Analog Scott

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Why not drop10K on cables?

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In Reply to: Deep down, you know it is true posted by chuck55 on September 17, 2021 at 17:47:43:

Because it offers no actual benefit in sound. That's 10K that can be spent on other things at no cost to the performance of those uber expensive speakers. I don't see how expensive speakers justify or rationalize spending money on anything else that does not make an audible difference.

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Topic - Wretched excess in the interconnect business - Mike K 08:52:28 09/11/21 ( 37)

Deep down, you know it is true - chuck55 17:47:43 09/17/21 ( 1)
- Why not drop10K on cables? - Analog Scott 09/18/21 23:15:40 09/18/21 ( 0)
*Wretched* post, part 15 - E-Stat 14:20:09 09/14/21 ( 0)
I do enjoy reading the cable companies sales materials - G Squared 06:54:09 09/14/21 ( 2)
- It's a bugger though that precious metals always... - Jonesy 13:35:47 09/14/21 ( 1)
  - RE: It's a bugger though that precious metals always... - Todd Krieger 01:39:30 09/16/21 ( 0)
Own, they're in the jewelry business - jedrider 09:39:41 09/12/21 ( 0)
If there ain't no audience.. there ain't no show. - bare 08:59:16 09/12/21 ( 2)
- Cables are NOT snake oil... - musetap 10:44:19 09/12/21 ( 1)
  - RE: Cables are NOT snake oil... +1 - PAR 02:28:09 09/13/21 ( 0)
It's just like the matrix - Analog Scott 08:37:46 09/12/21 ( 0)
Have fun checking out the Nordost Oden Gold Series! (nt) - voolston 15:08:35 09/11/21 ( 3)
- RE: Have fun checking out the Nordost Oden Gold Series! (nt) - Don Reid 08:42:59 09/12/21 ( 2)
  - Goes farther back - to lamp cord - than that... - musetap 10:53:11 09/12/21 ( 1)
    - +1 nt - JoshT 12:28:14 09/12/21 ( 0)
RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - Todd Krieger 12:54:23 09/11/21 ( 0)
RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - geoff 12:27:41 09/11/21 ( 2)
- RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - geoff 13:03:21 09/11/21 ( 1)
  - With... - musetap 13:22:45 09/11/21 ( 0)
If there are people who are going to buy them why not? - Goober58 12:17:11 09/11/21 ( 2)
- RE: If there are people who are going to buy them why not? - kootenay 08:21:55 09/12/21 ( 0)
- Because with all the things to be outraged about...we pick speaker cables, LOL. nt - viridian 14:36:47 09/11/21 ( 0)
RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - Palustris 11:35:08 09/11/21 ( 9)
- The thing is, though, that they're not like you - JoshT 12:26:33 09/12/21 ( 0)
- No, I'dgo for the well engineered Blue Jean cables for less - Analog Scott 09:29:41 09/12/21 ( 0)
- RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - Sibelius 12:08:31 09/11/21 ( 0)
- Yes, Quite possibly. You can be a hedge fund manager and still have some... - MWE 11:48:30 09/11/21 ( 5)
  - Albeit rare, you are theoretically correct - JoshT 12:11:34 09/12/21 ( 0)
  - RE: Yes, Quite possibly. You can be a hedge fund manager and still have some... - Palustris 12:04:19 09/11/21 ( 3)
    - Prestige among audiophiles is like - Analog Scott 09:31:49 09/12/21 ( 2)
      - Overlap there somewhere along the line... - musetap 15:40:42 09/12/21 ( 0)
      - That's Funny - Sibelius 10:43:29 09/12/21 ( 0)
RE: Wretched excess in the interconnect business - Sibelius 11:32:01 09/11/21 ( 0)
Guess I'm luckier than most. - ghost of olddude55 10:45:28 09/11/21 ( 1)
- Not lucky - Analog Scott 14:29:18 09/11/21 ( 0)
or in any other aspect of HI END (fill-in-the-blank) buisness is NOT anything new... - musetap 10:25:34 09/11/21 ( 0)
There is a tired, yet highly accurate and appropriate clich� that comes to mind. nt. - MWE 10:14:14 09/11/21 ( 0)