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why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

I have tried expensive cables and one's moderately priced. I would say there were some differences but I can't actually say the expensive cables were better. IMHO I believe a lot of people buy expensive cables because they don't actual trust their ears and are afraid of making a mistake. They figure the expensive cables are better for the fact they cost more. If you have a difference of opinion or share the same thoughts, I would like to hear about it.
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... proving that there is or isn't apparently cannot be done with written words to the satisfaction of the forum ...
What does that mean? Users here are free to discuss the results of listening tests, including blind tests. So it isn't clear why you'd want such discussions held offline, unless you're promoting your phony $25,000 challenge again. Is that what you're up to, gdhal?
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^ Only thing phony comes from those who state they can do the impossible. Audibly detecting with the naked ear a difference when ordinary speaker wire is reversed falls in to the category of impossible.
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Only thing phony comes from those who state they can do the impossible.
Why wouldn't you want details about the listening test you propose - and the testing itself -  to be done in public? What's with the secrecy?

Just to be clear, I'm not stating whether I think wire directionality is audible or not, and neither am I a big proponent of blind testing for audio in general. Certainly, no one here owes anyone any proof at all about anything. But if we're going to discuss some kind of blind test on this forum, it's absurd to then shuffle it entirely offline at some early stage. Unless, that is, you're promoting your funny $25,000 listening challenge again.

If you want to keep your "challenge" offline, why do keep raising it in this public forum?
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It's obvious - to me anyway - you haven't understood my previous posts in this regard, or you wouldn't ask the question(s) that you do. Carry on....
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Oh and cleeds, elizabeth, geoff, et al, I give you my permission - although not my blessing - to spend as much as you like on expensive cables, if you're among those who "feel the need" to. :)
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