The speaker wires in question are manufactured by the same company (New Delphi?) that makes the internal wiring on NASA various space vehicles including the International Space Station (US Modules). If Von Schweikert is charging 39K for them, just imagine what NASA is paying for that wire, probably 3-4 times the price of what us mere mortals would pay.
I too have a deposit down on the Triton Reference Speakers, I believe we are looking at mid June now for the first production run which I luckily got on. My Triton 1 speakers will be going upstairs to my second system and I will put the Triton 2 up for sale at a later time.
I question any wire that is more expensive than my car. A rule of thumb for me is no more than 400.00 used on a pair of interconnects and no more than 2K for a used set of 7 meter speaker wire. Same goes for power cords. You will never see a power cord that cost me more than 300.00 used. I always buy used cables, they are usually very well broken in and half the retail price or even less..
