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Are audiophiles still out of their minds?

I've been in this hobby for 30 years and owned many gears throughout the years, but never that many cables.  I know cables can make a difference in sound quality of your system, but never dramatic like changing speakers, amplifiers, or even more importantly room treatment. Yes, I've evaluated many vaunted cables at dealers and at home over the years, but never heard dramatic effect that I would plunk $5000 for a cable. The most I've ever spent was $2700 for pair of speaker cables, and I kinda regret it to this day.  So when I see cable manufacturers charging 5 figures for their latest and "greatest" speaker cables, PC, and ICs, I have to ask myself who buys this stuff. Why would you buy a $10k+ cable, when there are so many great speakers, amplifiers, DACs for that kind of money, or room treatment that would have greater effect on your systems sound?  May be I'm getting ornery with age, like the water boy says in Adam Sandler's movie.
dracule1
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geoffkait
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taiye
Julian Hirsch RIP. if you are old enough to know who he was and read his articles. Enough said

>>>>Wasn’t he the guy who couldn’t hear the difference between amplifiers? Wasn’t he the one guy proclaimed all amplifiers that measure about the same sound about the same?
ebm
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Love to spend 10k for speaker cable because it sounds GREAT!!!!!!
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geoffkait
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Question. Would you rather have great sound or $10,000 of great massages plus all the great beer you can drink? 🙄
brayeagle
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With $10,000, I'd much rather spend it on a Bryston 14Bc amplifier than wildly esoteric cables.  Besides, the interconnect and speaker cables available from Blue Jeans do quite well, thank you. 

PS. geoff, I'm still on your tail and have a firing lock-on. 🤓
dracule1 OP
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@ebm Yes, those $10k cables sound great when you whip them against the a concrete wall. The startling dynamics is the best. ;)
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