why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

Price means next to nothing, I look at it in categories because one companies mid range may cost more than another company's extreme product, and the cheaper one may blow that away because their extreme costs over $20,000.

So how about this more pertinent approach?
entry
mid range
high end performer
ultra ridiculous, but appropriate for certain systems

Many companies that make a great range of the three haven't managed to create an ultra cable, and some of those are out into 40 and 50 grand.

Transparent, MIT, Nordost, Audioquest, Kimber, all make mid ranges from $1500 to a few thousand dollars, while there are companies making their top cable that blows them away for under $1000.

Tonykay, that would be nice if I did, unfortunately I do not, however, I can certainly hear a difference between every model, no matter the cost.

Maplegrovemusic,

You make some excellent points.

Why do people feel the need to start posts asking why people do the things they do? Are we all in this for ourselves or for everyone else?

10-27-15: Tonykay
Audiolabyrinth,
Of course you agree with melbguy1, you work for Tara Labs! I
guess you thought no one knew that.

Tonkay, fyi my Dealer may carry TL, but I couldn't give a rats behind about those cables. I use Jorma Prime and Statement cables in my system & will never sell them..

Btw, have you heard the mystery about the Company, the shill and the imposter? The Company made big, fat cables which have space age technology & posted lots of technical info on their site. The shill thought he could help sell those space age cables and hit upon the idea of offloading lots of 'b stock' cables direct. The imposter pushed a John Deere mower by day, but by night put on his TL cape and became 'Captain Cobalt'! Now who did it? The Director in the library with the candlestick? The shill with the laptop in the cybercafe, or the handyman with the snake in the trailer park?