why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

Nice post Zephyr24069
There has been a lot of broad-brush painting here lately.
I agree that folks should buy what they want and what makes them happy with their systems.  While I enjoy the discourse about the science behind different designs and materials, and while I do hear differences in components (always), cables (usually), and tweaks (sometimes), I also understand that "value" is a concept that is unique to an individual's own perception so the problem begins when people want to prescribe a universal "value" that should be adopted by all.  The issue has been fueled by people so vehemently promoting and defending their points of view and by their labeling and name-calling (while sometimes humorous), which has reached a level of divisiveness I do not remember on this forum.  Many posts seem to promote the idea that folks must prescribe to one of only two camps (i.e., believers or naysayers), with no middle ground.  The presentation of opinions as "absolutes," the sensational and dramatized accounts of system changes (totally transformed) resulting from a cable change or turning around a fuse, the unbending use of science to say that something "can't possibly make a difference," and the amount of money charged for seemingly typical stuff (like a fuse), have the two sides lined up like a game of dodgeball. 

Thank you....very much appreciate your positive comments.  

To those who don't believe cables are worth the money, make a difference, etc....I appreciate your opinions as well and try to learn from them questioning my choices in the future with a more critical eye (ears and brain actually). The only issue I have is the apparent need to bash and insult others broadly or individually.

What is the problem here? If you don't believe higher priced cables make a difference, don't buy them.

I don't really understand all this angst to scientifically "prove" something that, at the end of the day, is 100% subjective? 

That's a bit like trying to prove that classical music is superior to jazz?
 

That’s a bit like trying to prove that classical music is superior to jazz?

Of course, it is superior. Jazz musicians don’t even know where the right notes are constantly searching for them. For instance, Jazz bassist "walks" all over the finger-board to find proper note, while classically trained bassist knows where the note is and just plays it.

Why wonder, listen to them. Go to THECABLECOMPANY.com and access their lending library. Listening is the only way to know. 

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