why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

We all have a twisted sense of the word fun in one way, shape or form i suspect :-) and I'd also guess we are all sufficiently wound up for another day at this point!

Overall though, great dialogue all...there is no right or wrong or taking sides really IMHO; it's all about what should make one happy and get us closer to hearing realistic music relative to our system goals and the direction we've chosen for our systems (and frequently change as we are an impatient lot to say the least...).

Have a great day everyone! My goal for the day is to hit play on the rig far more than I type on this damned MacBook for work and audio purposes (ah,...if only!).

Zd,
Prada shoes are great and perhaps better value than Nordost cables.
Check Donald J Pliner and that's my preference. Prada no match.

Here's a thought...what is the raw material value of a Picasso vs market value? Making any sense to all you expensive cable contrarians? There is no direct correlation between materials used and retail. Are you guys all really that slow on the uptake or are all of you voting for Bernie and his merry band of socialists?

Sorry mikelavigne, I assumed you had Grandmaster speaker cable's, since you have Grandmaster Interconnect's, that is odd not to have a full loom of these cable's, man-o-man are you missing alot of performance, I run a full loom.

Mikelavigne, you should pm me concerning the Taralabs Grandmaster speaker cable's.