A little History lesson on, "High- End" cables:

I remember buying my first set of "exotic" interconnects called Goldens back around 1976. My friends thought I was crazy for spending $5.00 on them! People of my age have a little different perspective on audio cables. 

I would have thought by this point everyone would know if you haven't spend atleast 10k,obviously that #is for the budget minded, on interconnects or you just aren't really experiencing the music. Personally I suggest selling off all your albums to pay for em. You can stream Pandora for free

Ted who?

@roxy54 : I too had Goldens IC's in '76. They were marketed by DiscWasher. And certainly looked and felt better than the $3 generic IC's! Later, in '78 I bought a full set of Verion Triaxial IC's. Designed by Mitchell Cotter - a friend of Saul Marantz, Sid Smith and Stu Hegeman (who're those guys? asks the younger generation). I still have the Verions!

The Verion Triaxial IC's cost $30/meter in 1978. And were considered real "Hi-End" gear! I also had the Verion P SUT with its captive Triaxial output IC.