why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable


I have tried expensive cables and one's moderately priced. I would say there were some differences but I can't actually say the expensive cables were better. IMHO I believe a lot of people buy expensive cables because they don't actual trust their ears and are afraid of making a mistake. They figure the expensive cables are better for the fact they cost more. If you have a difference of opinion or share the same thoughts, I would like to hear about it.
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Cleeds where did I use the word preference? I am talking strictly performance. Things that can be measured hello!!!!! Handling, braking, acceleration. This is not a subjective difterence. You don't get behind a wheel of a Kia and watch the porche pass you and say to your self.....hmm this Kia is kicking the crap out of that porche.

Using that criteria you can say which is a better car without question. The other things you site like trunk space, sticker price, asthetics blah blah blah .....yes those are preferences....but in no way can you say which is better. Which is the exact same realm audio cables exist in. How do you guys not understand this? If that were not true everyone would be happy to subject them to blind tests. 

Let's say we do use the car analogy for a moment..... If we take the Kia and porche the porche will win on every track in any condition....that's how superior the porche is performance wise. However if we take the porche and something else that is much closer in performance and compare them then it comes down to driver, track type, conditions and so on. Same with cables....it comes down to room, system, listener etc. Much harder to say which is better. How does nobody understand this basic idea.
I agree that auto performance is easier to measure than audio performance...
jl35933 posts03-21-2016 3:33pmI agree that auto performance is easier to measure than audio performance...

Why can't you get specs from the cable companies and buy strictly on superior specs?  Capacitance, Impedance ...   Remember Julian Hirsch?

Like cables, I don't buy a car strictly on performance spec.   Spec is just 1 parameter.
chrshanl37317 posts03-21-2016 3:22pmCleeds where did I use the word preference? I am talking strictly performance. Things that can be measured hello!!!!! Handling, braking, acceleration. This is not a subjective difterence. You don’t get behind a wheel of a Kia and watch the porche pass you and say to your self.....hmm this Kia is kicking the crap out of that porche.
Your criteria for superior is performance but someone else might choose ride comfort, size of car ... it’s personal preference.

Same with cables, superior can be more detail, bloom ... You can also measure cables too ... Hello!!! and buy strictly on specs.

BTW, it’s Porsche.