Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money

Geoff, you got me there, conductive liquid. A wonderful marketing spin but at the end of the day they are just transferring energy from one component to another. You will never convince me that the $20,000 + you would need to cable your system with them couldn’t be better spent on some other part of the system or room. Cables like that are for people who want to brag to their friends they spent over $20,000 on cables.

Dyna, interesting point about a Rolex. I have one, Would never have bought one but it was my grandfathers and it is beautiful so I wear it. They really aren’t very accurate timepieces. They are jewelry and if you realize that then fine, people wear jewelry for a variety of reasons, just don’t ask me what exactly the time is when I wear it because it may be close but it won’t be exact. If you want accurate time buy one of Geoff’s clever little digital clocks. Not only will it keep accurate time, it will transform your room into a symphony hall.

I am not saying that conductive liquid does not work, maybe even better than our usual hard metal cables. I have no experience and superficially see the reason for it being reasonable (I have not given it deeper thought). Maybe they are that leap that should shut up all the cable non-believers. I truly hope so.

However, in the field of Audiophilia, anything that has properties that may approach those of oil will be fiercely debated. It must be an annoying uphill battle for the manufacturers.

dynaquest4,

I have also mentioned elsewhere on Audiogon that many may buy cables because of the looks, but my idea has not been noticed. Oh well, maybe some day...

I admit that I bought a pair of XLR interconnects just so they look "better" when placed where I do not even see them. Going from mid $10s to a few hundred. I accepted it was for the looks and it was worth to me on that level. The difference in the price was, to me, acceptable for that kind of game. As far as sound goes, if anything I would say it is "worse", but would not firmly claim that. The bad part was convenience. Pictures did not tell me that cables are not as flexible as the old ones.

herman
Geoff, you got me there, conductive liquid. A wonderful marketing spin but at the end of the day they are just transferring energy from one component to another. You will never convince me that the $20,000 + you would need to cable your system with them couldn’t be better spent on some other part of the system or room.

>>>>>Nor would I ever try to convince anyone who has already made up his mind. What’s the name for that? Oh, right, it’s being closed minded. 

I get the self help, group therapy thing going on here but unless your deaf, getting even lower level MIT cables can offer truly amazing results.  As I said, The Cable Co.  let’s you try before you buy !