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

I was an audio/video senior tech for 35+ years dealing with transmission. We handled all the major movie, TV, radio & production studios and sound/video quality was major part of the work. As for achieving 90% of the quality of extremely expensive cables on the cheap, don't know if that is really possible BUT I will say, in my opinion a lot of the advertising for the exorbitantly expensive cable is just B.S., they are not worth the prices being charged but I will also say that they are some less expensive cables (still very expensive) that are just as good. Consider that human hearing is not able to hear many things so why would you pay huge amounts for something you cannot hear? Also, as others have said, your best bet is buy high quality used cables which is what I have done in the past year or so at about 50% of their original cost. Once place I've dealt with a number of times is The Music Room, http://tmraudio.com/ , in Broomfield, Colorado. Their inventory of components & cables constantly changes and sometimes they have very good deals on speaker, power, and interconnect cables. Everything tested and guaranteed. They also buy & consign.

+1 for letsmakeadeal and asbrd.   Nice to see some reality-based posts on a cable thread   

Obviously the high end cables we’re talking about here are not intended for audio video applications or even for run of the mill audiophile systems or other relatively mundane enterprises. They are intended for highly tuned and refined high end systems capable of appreciating them. It’s like putting $2,000 wheels on a Schwinn from Target. Give me a break! Try putting them on a $6K bike or a $12K bike.

How does a cable get outdated🙄, If it conducted well 30 years ago doesn’t it conduct well now?Sounds like fashion to me, have to keep up with the stylish trends…

anyone who would spend $2k on a set of bikes wheels is crazy, same goes for the audio bling cable (speaker, interconnect, & power) pricing referenced on this forum.  suggesting that these expensive cables actually make a difference to ANY system is simply not true and bad for this hobby we all enjoy.