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Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry?

They’re some pricey cables that have claim to fame because of the high tech geometry used in their cables.
Many of these cables have patents on specific geometry patterns used in their cables and use this as a reason their cables sound so good. For that reason, many say the reason their cables cost so much is they’re so complex . The man hours to make a pr results in their high price. That maybe true for some cables, but I’ve seen very pricey cables using the same geometry reason that look like a thin piece of wire rapped in outer jacket no thicker than a pencil. So,Is all this geometry just another way to justify their cost or is it true science that we are paying in the end?
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timinphoenix
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High end cables are a hoax. I use Canare video coax with RCA plugs; the cable is good to 30 megahertz. My ears can't hear half that high LOL

A high school science teacher asked his class,"What is the highest pitched sound a human can hear?" 

Katy replied......"Mariah Carey"

Power cords have one purpose: deliver 120 volts a few feet from a wall outlet. If beefy enough, it doesn't matter what they are made of.
andy2
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^^^What kind of a system you have that you can't tell the difference?

By the way, most speaker cables freq. response tends to taper off starting around 20KHz, not 30MHz.  
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pesky_wabbit
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High end cables are a hoax
I am delighted I was hoodwinked. Enjoy the outcomes of your belief system.
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b4icu
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Mr. timinphoenix

For your say: " Power cords have one purpose: deliver 120 volts a few feet from a wall outlet".
In my country as well as in many other, its 230V @ 50Hz.
Power cables are tested as so:

Take that "super expensive and fancy" new power cable and exchange with it, your kitchen kettle cord.
Boil some water and make yourself a cup of tea. 
If that taste any better than the one you made with the original cable
($ 1.50), than the  "super expensive and fancy"  worth its weight in gold!
But if not, it worth just as much as $ 1.50...


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pesky_wabbit
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I just put a Michelin Pilot Super Sport low Profile tire on my wheelbarrow and it didn‘t make any difference to its performance at all. What a con !
All expensive tires are snake oil.
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