Are audiophiles still out of their minds?

wattsperchannel,

" Certain individuals find $100,000 wires cheap, some do not; where is the profit in belittling one or the other. It all seams so trite, wreaks of jealousy, and ignorance.

Get over it, accept your lot in life and enjoy it for what it is; we only get one. You may find the whole journey a little more enjoyable."

Hmm, and your comment isn’t belittling and a little self serving like you have it all together in life? Your type of attitude feeds into the justification of ludicrously priced wires. It seems you are the one ignorant of the cable industry with its crazy markup and backhanded deals between dealers and manufacturers where the markup can be easily over 10x and customers get ripped off. I know because I have insider friends who deal with cable manufacturers. Find me an individual who thinks $100k wire is cheap. Or are you just pulling that out of your nether region?

Me jealous of $100K cables? I have no choice but to laugh at this nonsense.

The only profit I’m hoping for is to steer some newbie audiophile away from these high priced high end cables, which are complete sham.

Thank you for such an enlightening response. I guess just have to accept my life isn’t perfect like yours.

I think that is why there are such good deals from direct sale cable manufacturers. I assumed every one knew the cable markup, like movie popcorn and coke, on a way greater scale. 

jl35, even with those "good deals" from direct sale cable manufacturers, they are making a healthy profit, much more than if one were to produce and sell a speaker or amplifier. Why do you think there are so many guys out there making cables from their home? It’s relatively easy to make, requires no degree or competent knowledge in engineering or electronics, and materials are cheap, unless you start buying from those "audiophile" wire producers. I’m not criticizing the small guy producing cable from his home. Usually they’re reasonably priced. I know a guy who made good tube amps. He found out how much markup there was for cables through an associate who made audiophile cables for a living. Now he’s making cables, and his tube amps are history. The markups for $100K cables are insane.

actually some of those guys are engineers. and if you buy the cable used, you can sell for very little loss after a few years. is the percentage markup greater the more expensive the cable? I know nothing of the business model. I never worry about the guys who spend a fortune on new cables. if not for them, we couldn't buy used cables.

I had Transparent XL and Super MM2 for 8 years, at a $50 total cost after I sold them