"$1500 per cable gets you midfi cables. You a are better off putting that money into a 4500 pair of speaker cables."
The above is just the sort of statement that gives audiophiles a bad reputation
Well he's a football guy, he failed to notice that the OP was using Valhalla's, and he used the word "beat" more than once. It's all about winning in football! You don't win you lose! At least he into hifi, and believes in cables.
I'm sure the other jocks give him a hard time 😉