Why pay so much?

elizabeth"Why does it matter to anyone, that expensive stuff exists? Cheap stuff does also. YOu have no need to buy expensive stuff unless you want to. So why care???"

It is because there are people who lack the skills, education, and experience to earn, acquire, and develop the wealth aka "expendable income" to purchase these products and so they have a need to criticize, attack, and insult that from which they feel they have been denied or excluded and they think they're values, standards, and preferences should be accepted, adopted, and embraced by all it is a very self centered, self absorbed, self righteous perception they have on many things.

From a purely economic standpoint it is great to see someone spend $70K on cables. That $70K is not sitting in a bank but distributed into the economy were it can be spent many more times over and do a lot of good. I know the bank can invest that $70K but I see the economic benefits as being greater when people spend.

let me get this straight; I work and therefore earn my income and don't have the intelligence, wherewithal to purchase whatever it is I want, audio or otherwise?  Some would argue, a "zip cord" used for audio (speaker cables) would be a waste.

I suppose I’m on the other end of the spectrum since I don’t use speaker cables. Sorry to bring the average down 😬

I think what I meant is, that $30,000 Audioquest Dragon Zero and Bass, would cost $300 if there weren’t suckers to pay $30k on $50 cost to build wiring.

I think you guys get embarrassed that you spend so much, or can’t stand the thought that you’re getting taken, that you somehow justify spending so much by the fact that "you can" and that you’re "financially secure" enough, that you don’t mind spending so much

It’s this simple=
Speaker Wire get up to 100,000%+ mark ups.
Speakers get up to 10,000%+ markup.
People pay this, so it’s reserved for the elite.
If people weren’t willing.
The prices for the same product would drop 99%+.
It’s that simple.
And I’m not exaggerating.

You can justify it all you want.

You’re guys OCD that you aren’t hearing your music well enough force your insecurities to sip the kool aid and waste money.

This cult is hysterical.  You guys actual defend 100,000% mark ups on Audioquest cabling.

I think 60 minutes should do a piece on the mark up scams, and the people who matter, the cool people, will laugh and laugh 

Stop justifying your purchases, and
"Liking" such scams.