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I read plenty of articles on the demise of high end audio and have been an enthusiast for 40 years and worked at a high end retail chain for ten years back in the 90's. I still own several systems and buy and sell gear to keep tweaking my systems. Nonetheless I'm pretty shocked at the prices of cables in particular- I look for a decent pair of speaker cables to run from a Pass amp to a good pair of speakers and can hardly find a pair of 8 ft cables for less than $1000- most are commonly 2-3k for a pair of cables. 

Is it me or is this ludicrous? 

What are people buying for an average pair of cables ? Can a pair be had for $300?
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tomic601
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A plug for BlueJeans a Seattle company
i needed a set of 25’ RCA built on Belden  wire for a film soundtrack recording project - 24 hours later at my door via USPS $110

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bdp24
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Clear Day pure silver speaker cables in an 8’ run are priced (including shipping) at:

- $135/pr for Single (for high efficiency speakers)

- $270/pr for Shotgun (medium efficiency)

- $450/pr for Double Shotgun (low efficiency)


adeep42
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ericsch
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Analysis Plus Black Oval 12. Under $300 for an 8 ft. pair.
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easola01
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Okay, Virtue Audio Nirvana speaker cables. I got my pair of 24 foot cables for a little over $300. Read the reviews, these are giant killers at this price. Jason Terpstra builds them, I bought his Nirvana speaker cables, outfitted my $35,000 system with his interconnects, and bought several of his power cords. I researched to death for high value cables, and am so glad I found him. Good luck
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