Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs

Very well put Mcondon!

The implied question could be: how much is it worth to you to have the London Philharmonic playing in your room w/o the coughs of your neighbor or the Carnegie Hall w/o the squeaking of (some) of their chairs? How much worth is having Diana Krall singing right before you? IME, no el cheapo wires can facilitate a mid level or even some high end system close to that level of realism. Believe me, I have tried "giant killers" in each category and am constant on look out for them. Hopefully someone will offer wires with magnets for the price of a set of CDs.

So if a high priced (all is relative) infrastructure - as I regard the cables are - can help your system to move in that direction of audio nirvana, why not? The margins on some cable are indeed higher than on some gear but the educated listener should know which emperor has cloths on and how much it is worth market wise.

To those who claim cables do not make a difference: good for you, money saved! Some day you may end up arguing with a friend who says amplifiers does not make a difference, they're just a bunch of parts and transformers, only speakers do... some day.

Mcondon,
I think you've just highlighted this discussion shortly and clearly! Count me as complete stranger to this hobby as I've been tellin' these hobby obsessed folks to go and see psychiatrist :-)

Yes, I agree with Mcondon's post as well.

Good marketers know exactly what nerves to condition the public into potential customers. What seems like a bargain is all relative. Its all a game more than anything I suppose really.

AN $8600 product received a good review. What a revelation! A $5 one from Home Depot might just as easily, depending on context. Its hard to make a power cord that doesn't work well. Almost any will do. Not to say that they will all sound the same though, to discriminating ears they may well not. Plus results will vary most likley case by case. So the inherent unique value of any power cord is hard to establish, other than how much people will pay. I suppose that is why I was recently able to buy a $300 retail power cord recently new for $85. Yes I liked the resulting sound, and felt like I got a deal in the process. Its a very well constructed product, no doubt. I'm such a trained monkey!!!! :^)

Mcondon, Jazzonthehudson, Czarivey, and, of course, Mapman, why do you bother posting here? Are you guys self-appointed snakeoil police? If you guys think those of us buying the HFCs enjoy their expense or that we seek the awe of those coming to our rooms and seeing these cables, you are crazy, but we do recognize the performance improvement of these cables and have found that those coming to our homes and hearing them agree.

Jazzonthehudson, until there finally is a dynamic and efficient point sourse speaker that is a reverse microphone, speakers will always be a compromise.

TBg,

Your question does not warrant a response.

Have a nice day!