I understand your attempted analogy, but the $400K Ford GT has some verifiable, significant and usable differences compared to the Fiesta. At issue is whether the $70K audio cable provides any audible difference compared to a much less expensive cable, in any audio system, even a $1million dollar system. While an aspect of the $400K is "jewellery", the most significant aspect of it is not. With the $70K audio cable, there is no verified evidence that it provides superior audio, and hence most of the price is "jewellery". There is little evidence it advances the state of the art or that there is trickle down effect in technology.
If you are someone who likes audio jewellery, AND you won $70mil, sure you may be tempted to spend $70K on a cable. If you are someone who is focused just on the quality of sound above all else, then I doubt you would be tempted.
Contrary to what many on here claim, I don't see a whole lot of envy of someone able to spend $70K on a cable, no more than I see envy that results in insults for someone spending $400K on a Ferrari, or $1.9mil on a Bugatti. Heck, you don't see much of that at all on someone spending $20K+ on a Rolex either .... but if you start to claim that your $20K+ Rolex keeps better time than someone else's $50 atomic clock linked Casio, then don't be surprised when someone calls you out on it.
andy2750 posts11-18-2019 12:31pmI
understand where OP is coming from. But from another perspective,
there are a lot of people with a lot of money. For those who are
driving Toyota Corolla, they probably have the same feeling toward those
who are buying a $19 million dollar
Bugatti Chiron
or even a $350K Ferrari.
I on the other hand appreciate those
who willing to do the research to make a $70K cables. It's the human
spirits we should celebrate. It's what advances the human race. It's
like Ford selling a $18 thousand dollar Fiesta but also at the same time
selling a $400 thousand dollar Ford GT. I am sure the company selling
the $70K cables also selling some low end cables that people can afford
at 800 dollar.
