Life is way too short. If you aren’t taking food out of someone’s mouth to enjoy your hobby,have at it! If some folks decide on others behalf how they should, or shouldn’t spend someone else’s money, step back and think about that for a minute.... If I read correctly,the OP was asking what could be expected in $2500 speaker cables. Not ,please be my financial advisor. Besides,last I checked,my wife’s name is on our checking account,not anyone on these forums.