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Are audiophiles still out of their minds?

I've been in this hobby for 30 years and owned many gears throughout the years, but never that many cables.  I know cables can make a difference in sound quality of your system, but never dramatic like changing speakers, amplifiers, or even more importantly room treatment. Yes, I've evaluated many vaunted cables at dealers and at home over the years, but never heard dramatic effect that I would plunk $5000 for a cable. The most I've ever spent was $2700 for pair of speaker cables, and I kinda regret it to this day.  So when I see cable manufacturers charging 5 figures for their latest and "greatest" speaker cables, PC, and ICs, I have to ask myself who buys this stuff. Why would you buy a $10k+ cable, when there are so many great speakers, amplifiers, DACs for that kind of money, or room treatment that would have greater effect on your systems sound?  May be I'm getting ornery with age, like the water boy says in Adam Sandler's movie.
dracule1
wattsperchannel
142 posts
 
Drac,

I agree there is no further point in interacting on this subject as we are not connecting on the important issues. Whether you realize it or not the discussion we attempted to have has little to do with audio or cables.  

You appear to me to be a very unhappy person. Concocting irrational positions to justify an attempt to lift yourself above others will only add to your burden. Look within; focus on the pathology of that which drives your need to behave in such a way. Its the only only way out. Good luck with the journey.
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mapman
22,929 posts
 
Not only do you not have to prove anything but you don't even have to have a viable explanation of how it works.   It just does and surprise unlike most audio things makes things better no matter what came before it.   It's magic and nothing else does it better.  
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mapman
22,929 posts
 
Not believing in expensive wires and talking about it does not make someone a bad person.  

Lets talk about the topic and not trash the people.   

People can say and buy whatever they want.  God blees'em.   It's just discussion.  Should be nothing to fear.  
dracule1 OP
1,085 posts
 
Watts, thank you for your online University of Pheonix psychoanalysis. I’m happy you’re crawling back to whatever hippy new age culture you sprang from that compels you to give psycho babble advice to someone you’ve never met. I’m very happy listening to Nora Jones while I write this. And good luck with your journey back to your plane of existence.
dracule1 OP
1,085 posts
 
Mapman, I agree with you.  We're expressing our opinions, no harm in that.  But I draw the line at back seat third rate psychoanalysis! 😁
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