why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

Of course, I entirely disagree with you. There is no strong correlation between price and sounding outstanding, but there is some correlation, which means you cannot expect to find much excellence among the cheaper cables. But I remember when rejected paying $150 for Fulton's speaker wires and settled for welding wires that I thought looked like the Fulton wires but found they weren't and thus I went back to my Radio Shack wires.

calvinj, I'm not downing people who don't spend on cables, but certainly I know that some more expensive cables sound better than any cheaper cables I've heard. 
zephyr24069, I have often said that talking about sound is largely worthless given the variety of tastes, rooms, etc. What I have said about HFCables would be basically limited my ears, room, taste in music, and whether one likes to be present at the recording or rather to listen to nice music. But a great many agree with me. When I first heard the HFC CT-1 ics, I was immediately thought "wow these are quite different." I now have listened to complete looms of the Enhanced, Ultimate, Ultimate Reference, Ultimate Reference Rhodium, Ultimate, and once to the Pro Series. With the exception of the last, all were in my room. Each is seriously better than the preceding. I wish I could say otherwise, but cannot: more magnets are better than fewer magnets.

I must say that I regretfully agree that everything matters. Last evening I listen to three ways to convert music in digital to analog on my music server. One was JRiver MC 20, another Signalyst, and the third Foobar. I was amazed that there were great differences in how about fifteen cuts sounded. Generally I find the Signalyst best but many cuts sounded better on Foobar and JRiver MC 20. Mostly these were 44.1 recordings but the quad native DSDs shined on Signalyst.

I am going no further in this quest of what sounds better. I will probably forgo using Foobar and with 44.1 will mainly use JRiver MC 21. On my many SACDs converted to DSD and new DSD recordings I will use Signalyst. There is no question that "bits are bits" is not true as all recordings passed being perfect. 

Believe me, I wish this were not true.

Yesterday I substituted even more expensive cabling than those I have been using. There is no question that the new ones are substantially better. Can I give up and return the new ones or figure out how I can buy them? I am as yet unable to say.

Yesterday I substituted even more expensive cabling than those I have been using. There is no question that the new ones are substantially better. Can I give up and return the new ones or figure out how I can buy them? I am as yet unable to say. I'm going to wait after they settle in.

maplegrovemusic, this last Saturday there were four of us in the same listening room when we put the quite a bit more expensive HFC cables in replacing the next down cables. One guy is quiet and said nothing, one said something to the effect of why am I sitting here to what I cannot afford, one said "shit" these are amazing, and one talking about how real the female singer sounded and how perfect the piano was. 

I know that I cannot afford them, but I am getting old and think I deserve them as it is now or never.

I really don't understand most threads. Why would I care what someone or even a large number have to say? When I go to shows where "best sound at the show" awards are given, usually these are big and expensive equipment rooms that advertise a lot and rooms that I walked out after a brief listen as they were so terrible sounding.
Now how am I going to buy these cables? Please everybody send me your check for $1000.  Thanks.