WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD?

@dayglow you said it perfectly in my personal opinion. The HEA the little nuances like space, dimensionality, image placement, soundstage depth, width, height, noise floors, treble decay. These are just a few things that for the most part the High End typically does better.  For some folks it’s not worth it. But to some of us it’s like having a concert in your room anytime you choose. Some can and will pay for it. Others won’t. 

@calvinj  I think we are on the same page.  If someone asks my opinion I’ll give it but I am not one to pass final judgement on things I know little about or have no direct experience with. 

@mapman i agree with you.  I posted this because I see a lot of that happening.  I see a lot of generalizations. I see a lot of spec talk unrelated to actual sound. I see folks that think you are not hearing what you are hearing and they will tell you what you hearing. Which is crazy to me 

I’d say in general if someone posts and asks for opinions, anybody can offer their’s …..no rules attached. Then it’s up to the reader to figure out which ones matter to them and why.

@designsfx

+1, indeed your room looks good, I tip my hat to your designer.

There’s a reason why the worlds most renown equipment designers create their own products and charge more for it.

This is a VERY interesting point, I also tip my hat to designers of gear that can create something MORE important than the room, the music, or the gear itself, they can create...customers. If they got 10,000% markups what do I care if the customer feels they got value, I got no beef with a good business model. If someone can do it cheaper, that's ok too.

What we can debate are WHO are these designers? I have some hero’s right here that are DIY guys that don’t even own a company, but they got skills.

But I gotta disagree on one point, you can’t get blood from a turnip. If the room sucks ain’t know gear that will make it unsuck.