Silly prices for Nordost cables

barto49 posts08-31-2017 8:27amIf Nordost is making money on these cables I wouldn't call them ridiculous.... I would call them smart.

If popes are making money on those foolish 'believers' from the walls of their churches to the point of building mansions and purchasing super cars, i would also call them smart, but...

the actual cure to this and other typical nonsense and legalized rip-offs is education that somehow in catastrophic lack of truth.

There also plenty of automotive shops that will gladly replace your Honda Accord or similar class vehicle pair of breaks for $800 and foolish would believe it's necessary and right to replace at the same time rotors and calipers to get '5 year hassle free replacement plan'.

One way or the other, I know they're all trying to 'stick it' and they know where.

Anyways, to debunk I always use just basic math. Basic and elementary math is sufficient enough to realize size of effort and value of raw materials to build Gibson SG vs. Nordost Odin or whatever. No need to know physics or electronics. 

From 'believer's' stand point, I'd simply say that pro-audio hook-up wires had been used to record tunes you're listening and are perfectly great for home-audio applications as 'reference' wires so reviews, legends and marketing descriptions can be easily ignored and dropped into the trash bin.

Perhaps these NordOst wires are designed for folks that don't know or didn't learn how to compare throughout all time spent at useless schools. 

I see TAS used Odin 2 in review of new $695,000 Wilson speakers...

If you reduced the Hubble telescope to it’s raw costs in elements (trace percentage analysis), it’s probably not over $100k in value, most likely no more than $20k. Probably even less.

The given $1.2M Lamborghini is worse..probably not worth more than $3-5kus in elemental trace analysis.

Arranging the atoms makes all the difference.

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Those Nordost meanies!

Lets get ’em!

No wait! ...Arrrggh!...

(Assumes fetal position)

(receives red blanket treatment)

Class envy is such a waste of time.  Comparing cable manufacturers to religion is pretty rich, since the deniers tend to be on crusades as they try to stamp out any belief in cable performance in thread after thread.  

Can't we all just get along?  Can't we live and let live?  If some companies are catering to the wealthy, why does that surprise anyone?  I'm pretty sure that not one single person here has actually tried these $35,000 Nordost cables.  

I think most people here do agree that cables give different results in sound, the post was about the pricing of some topmodel cables mentioned, not about if cables do or don’t give a difference.

Anyone is obliged to spend his money as he wants, nobody can judge the worth of someone elses money, but I am sure that maybe like 9 out of 10 people that buy the Nordost Odin are either rich people that just want to buy what they are told is the best or what is the most expensive the store has, or audio lovers who did not take the time to actually compare sick amounts of cables in all classes to really judge if they could have been as happy with a portion of the money spent elsewhere.
This is especially true for a brand like Nordost, most buyers either stepped up from lower models after falling in love and sticking to the brand or are prepared to pay the price asked for the feeling of " safety" a brand offers because it is so widespread sold all over the world and they feel assured they bought something right.

The term cost-no-object is always used so lightly imo, none of these cables are cost-no-object.
A company like this is not looking for what is possible without cost restrictions, that is not how the business world works.
They are looking for something to sell at a price that is tactically thought out to be right one for their new topmodel at this point in time in the market and will look for a way to produce this as cheap as possible in a quality that is acceptable for them.
And they wont send you a leaflet if they found out a way to halve their production cost half a year later too