@don_1
But with cables, it's NOT a necessity. Owners choose to buy them and SUCCESSFUL companies just listening to their customers.
Cables are part of a system so will rise or fall along with components.
BTW, Gordon Holt is no Warren Buffet IMO!
I agree that the Audio industry is doing just fine. Better sounding components and reasonable prices for great equipment. My point of that article was my belief about certain components as speaker WIRE, interconnects, and the money gouging companies who sell these products st exorbitant prices. But to each his own. Just my opinion. AND THE SKY HASN'T FALLEN AS OF YET!My definition of GOUGING is monopoly on a necessity and companies charging more than normal. Basically low supply, normal/high demand so price rises. IE: hurricane, water or gasoline supply low so prices jacked up. Whether justified is dependent on the situation.
But with cables, it's NOT a necessity. Owners choose to buy them and SUCCESSFUL companies just listening to their customers.
Cables are part of a system so will rise or fall along with components.
BTW, Gordon Holt is no Warren Buffet IMO!