Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives?

You don't have to spend top dollar to get top quality sound. A Honda Accord is a better car than is a Mercedes 320 because its more comfortable, quieter, faster, corners better, etc. than the more expensive one. I know because I own both. The object of the game in audio is not to pay the most but to get to the sound. In that regard my or others' systems are very high end because when you close your eyes you are at the concert hall. I am a pro violinist and am at the concert hall most days of the week. I know that by adding additional colorations that may sound "kool" you leave the venue. Sony TV's look great because the color is pushed. One tires of anything not natural.

Well, Reference systems don't mean all that much to me. You have to know your gear. I find that a lot of mastering people that are responsible for a part of the sound of these record we all listen to , may have a really odd room, speakers we don't all like, a "lower end" turntable, etc.

While they have good, hopefully transparent and detailed, full range gear, a lot of it wouldn't make the cut in a "high end reference system" from an audiophile.

There is a lot of very expensive stuff out there which doesn't sound that good as well.

Wilson isnt really as hi-end as it is hi-price, I thought you knew better Bill.

Stringreen, but I'll bet that picking up women is easier with the Mercedes, rather than the Honda :-)