why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

To the two gentlemen who posted just above: I believe that you may have misinterpreted Elizabeth’s post. The way I read it she was simply saying that the only thing any of the thread’s participants have become convinced of during the course of the thread is (in some cases) that some of the other participants are "freaking idiots." That is a fair statement IMO, and is of course very different than if **she** had been alleging that any of the participants are freaking idiots.

Best regards,
-- Al

Al...forgive me but your post makes little sense to me.  Sorry...know you meant well.

Elizabeth, sorry to disappoint but convincing anyone of anything is not the point of this thread.
We are all trying to help Geoff reach 10,000 posts so he can take a break.
I secretly suspect taters is a secret agent (or at least a lobbyist) for the aftermarket fuse manufacturers with a mission to get audiophiles to stop spending their money on expensive cables so they have more to spend on fancy fuses.  Fuse threads can be found behind doors No$. 149, 175, and 225 across the hall from the True Believers Kool-Aid stand.

taters starts many discussions for the kick of getting people to argue. He almost never responds to his own posts. Just look at his many, many posts!!! This post was for his own amusement. 

I haven't read through this thread, so forgive me if someone has already mentioned that Galen Gareis of Belden Cable has been writing some articles for Copper, PS Audio's free online magazine. I'm finding them well worth the time it's taking me to read them.