My take on this:
Audiofools
noun
Those who believe that $3,500 cables let them hear the audio more clearly, when the music was originally created with $25 cables.
Many of my contemporaries carried specialized microphones, pre-amps, cables, amps and speakers to achieve the best possible recordings.The more revealing a system is, the better. Albums I mixed 30+ years ago get better as each layer of fog is removed from the playback system.
We installed studios where the cable budget was many 10's of thousands.
Price is irrelevant. Performance is what counts.