" That there are those with hefty "budgets" that don’t know what they are doing. They believe that everything (or many things) that have extreme price tags MUST be a better product. They are wrong. "
But how do you know that they don’t know what they are doing? You are guessing, based on your own narrow view of what is expensive without any insight at all into the thinking of those people you obviously do not understand and do not know. You have simply decided that these cables are a poror value and so you have based conclusions on your solitary supposition that is not based on any facts but rather your prejudiced view of people you don’t understand. So silly!
"Since Value is the result of the mathematical equation of Quality divided by Price, such a power cord is a serious poor value regardless of whatever incremental SQ boost..."
Of course here you reveal your rather profoundly ignorant view of economics by this definition the purchase of an original Picasso painting is a poor value when it fact it could bring conceivably tremendous joy in to the life of someone for whom the expense if not trivial is very easily absorbed into their lifestyle without ever effecting their budget in any way. I do understand that this concept is difficult for you to grasp but if you imagine for a moment perhaps what you’re life might be like if you won the lottery perhaps you might be able to imagine that there exists a world outside of your own where the concept of value is markedly different than your own.
So as a little exercise I’ll respectfully ask you to consider that if a $6,000 power cable is a poor value where do you define a good value power cable to be priced at and after you decide that number consider that you arrived at that price point by evaluating your own economic condition and not the economic condition of someone else and therein lies the fallacy in your argument that $6,000 for a power cable is a poor value.
As a way of offering another example I consider a meal at McDonald’s to be a very poor value and in fact in matter respects a much worse value than that of a quality $6,000 power cable. How can this be you ask? That would only be a conversation we could have once you grasp the fundamental concepts revolving around you’re subjective definition of what constitutes a good value in a power cord and you’re insistence that the equation you apply to arrive at that definition is the exact same equation to the penny that every other person should apply to the same calculation.
What size waist do you use when you buy a pair of pants? I hope it is one that is suited to your actual waist size and when it comes to power cords and budgets and values the same principal applies.
I should add to this to be fair to you that I am not arguing as to whether or not a $6,000 power cable is a good value or poor value for you! it is obvious that it would be a very poor value for you and you have made your position and opinion on this very obvious. You're error is applying the same formula for arriving at that conclusion to all others who would be considering the same value proposition. You're $6,000 is better spent elsewhere probably on rent and food and things that are much more essential to your daily life than a high-end audio power cord for use in a Music Reproduction System.
