why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

@ elizabeth

No, Elizabeth, THANK YOU for adding your $.02 of bloviation. We "freaking idiots" certainly couldn't bloviate very well without your consummate leadership and blithering/bloviating expertise. Most forum rules strongly urge participants to address the issues presented while avoiding personal attacks. I guess that only applies to us "freaking idiots" and not esteemed forum "leaders" like you. Carry on....

Best and Highest Regards

Elizabeth:  I can tell you are frustrated with this discussion; but I would suggest instead of resorting to referring to us as "freakin' idiots,” you instead, if it pains you so, click on the "unfollow" button on the top right hand corner of this page.  It is such a simple and quick remedy.

To the two gentlemen who posted just above: I believe that you may have misinterpreted Elizabeth’s post. The way I read it she was simply saying that the only thing any of the thread’s participants have become convinced of during the course of the thread is (in some cases) that some of the other participants are "freaking idiots." That is a fair statement IMO, and is of course very different than if **she** had been alleging that any of the participants are freaking idiots.

Best regards,
-- Al

Al...forgive me but your post makes little sense to me.  Sorry...know you meant well.

Elizabeth, sorry to disappoint but convincing anyone of anything is not the point of this thread.
We are all trying to help Geoff reach 10,000 posts so he can take a break.
I secretly suspect taters is a secret agent (or at least a lobbyist) for the aftermarket fuse manufacturers with a mission to get audiophiles to stop spending their money on expensive cables so they have more to spend on fancy fuses.  Fuse threads can be found behind doors No$. 149, 175, and 225 across the hall from the True Believers Kool-Aid stand.