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Why pay so much?

If you want to think cables make a huge difference in sound fine...but why pay up to $70,000 for speaker wire?

You can buy 38 lbs of 99.99% bullion silver for $10,000 or 4000 lbs of 99.99% bullion copper.

Buying a pair of 12 foot $5,000 wire is obserd it costs like $30 to make and WBT connectors are also highly inexpensive to make too.

Why do you guys shell out money on a clear fact that you guys are insecure about using low priced stuff and these people know that and take advantage of that.

How do you guys let yourself taken advantage of?
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glupson
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My post was about the thread that mentioned actual amplifier model. I forgot details but it does exist. Again, it might have not been 5-channel but it was probably not mentioned as the topic was not in that direction.

So, chances are that what you want exist. If it does, why do you care about other things?
glupson
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Huh, I guess I need to emphasize that there is a subtype of people who are not focusing on the "best deal" or "bang for the buck". They are more focused on the final product. I suspect that those who buy very expensive cables fall into this category.
glupson
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In case you own a car, is it the best deal or best bang for the buck?
funaudiofun OP
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The Emotiva A-500 does exist at $530.


https://emotiva.com/products/a-500

  • Power Output (two channels driven):
    110 watts RMS per channel; 20 Hz – 20 kHz; THD < 0.1%; into 8 Ohms.
    190 watts RMS per channel; 1 kHz; THD < 1%; into 4 Ohms.

  • Power Output (all channels driven):
    80 watts RMS per channel; 20 Hz – 20 kHz; THD < 0.1%; into 8 Ohms.

And it doesn't get much press.

If they had more power, it'd take away from their
XPA Generation 3 $1,700 amplifier
https://emotiva.com/products/xpa-5-gen3

Power Output:
300 watts RMS/channel; 20 Hz – 20 kHz; THD<0.1%; 8 Ohms; one channel driven.
550 watts RMS/channel; 20 Hz – 20 kHz; THD<0.2%; 4 Ohms; one channel driven.
300 watts RMS/channel; THD<0.1%; 8 Ohms; two channels driven.
490 watts RMS/channel; THD<0.1%; 4 Ohms; two channels driven.
250 watts RMS/channel; THD<0.1%; 8 Ohms; ALL FIVE channels driven.

More of this should be available everywhere.

The XPA Gen 3 could be $750, and they'd make volume, but watch, the amplifier industry laid down rules, in their price colluding of the big guys.

funaudiofun OP
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I do own a car. A 95,000 mile 2006 ford Taurus. Lol. It gets me around!
The best deal and the best bang for the buck are the same terminology, lol, so both?

I’m just saying, the final product on all audio and non- audio wiring, speakers, amplifiers, processors and receivers would be the same thing.

Less margins in this case would still be same product.

Expensive would be cheaper prices if no one would pay these exorbitant prices, but the same product, if people weren’t willing to pay the big bucks of the companies taking 100,000%+ margins on wiring, and the other stuff.
It wouldn’t degrade the quality.
With less fish in the sea, with 4 or 5-10 wiring companies, there volume would go up instead of being spread around by like 1,000+ companies, so the same buyers to fewer companies, and the $25,000-$50,000-$250,000 people would buy the $300 AudioQuest Dragon Zero and Bass, so there would be more volume to deal with less margins. They wouldn’t be going out of business any time soon.

People always want to feel quality, irregardless if it’s $300. Whether that’s not much money to some people, or a lot.  If it's exotic high end Quality at $300? Who cares about the price? As long as it’s super high quality.

Also, I don’t think you guys are idiots. Just careless with your money is all in the audio cult, lol.
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