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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Why do we pretend to be normal. Lol. All of us are audio obsessed to different levels. Some can buy more expensive cable.  Some who can will not. Some of us who can't afford them  will anyway. Some of us will think everybody else is crazy except for themselves. We feel the need to buy expensive cables because it probably gives us the sound you we want or hope to get. We need a great sounding system and will get there anyway we can. Enjoy going in circles fellas. Lol
I have spent 1,000s in brand named big name cables most recently the 
Synergistic Element Tungston,after the MIT cables 

A smaller cable company named Silnote Audio  brought more natural detailed music 
At at least 30-40% less money. If you look a lot of reviews and reviewers 
Seem to feel the same way check them out .
Some cable sound similar.  Some much more different.  How much usually varies case by case for many reasons.

The devil is always in the details.   it helps to avoid generalizations that do not always apply.
The best way for this for this thread to go away is not participating, a audio builder will try anything that has his interest,  sure,  some are decision failure's,, some are are satisfactory, and of course,  there is the wow factor,  that said,  the real perspective is that the  general public think's an audiophile is obsessive, wasteful of money,  down right crazy for the amount of money north of $1,000.00 for an entire system,  this thread has no constructive learning,  although I am certainly a believer of good  cable's can work to benefit a system,  my reason for this post is to persuade respectable audiogon member's that this thread is like discussing politic's, a never ending debate that by the end of the day,  accomplished nothing.