why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

Well here we go no other this no other can do that.  Well the best system I ever heard was the late Dave Baskin's system. He owned designaudiovideo. Was it crazy expensive yes.  Was it no holds barred yes. It had high end cables and equipment. But it was all a match for what he liked and for his listening room. 500k in equipment. Was it crazy yes! Will never hear a sound that good again. Never.  But is sounded so good it's stuck in my ears a whole year later! We all like to experiment.  Measure this measure that. Lol. Let your ears decide.  

Hi calvinj,  good to see you,  Dave Baskin's wife has his cable's for sale here on audiogon,  yes! , they are the taralab's Evolution Grandmaster sp speaker cable's,  funny though,  she put gmev, abbreviation's for Grandmaster,  however,  she got the ev incorrect,  supposed to be sp, that is even more high end and cost more than the standard taralab's Evolution Grandmaster speaker cable's,  I believe she is going to liquidate his whole system,  is the store still open for business? 

Best to sweep this discussion under the rug . We don't want to hurt cable sales .

Funny that Tara Labs would come up....that is one of the other cable manufacturers that I have owned and experienced and they make some awesome stuff.  What get's my gander up is the likes of Analysis Plus or Nordost...non musical in my book!

I think one of the biggest reasons that people cannot hear a difference in cables is that their equipment is not resolving enough. .Whether it is an amp or speakers .. etc.
For many years i could not ever hear a difference in digital cables . I changed to a different  amp  , and i could then hear differences.