Cable Costs Relative to System

OK, your right. Cables are a hoax, snake oil, stealing, and I have a lot to gain by misleading these newbies. I love to watch these idiots fall for the ads and price. I get such a chuckle from knowing how many I have mislead. You have also got it 100% correct, if it's not in an ad, I will not even consider it. But really, I purchase solely on price. The more the better. BTW, I actually hate music, so it really doesn't matter, I just want people who have no idea about audio to come over and then I brag about my system. Hell I haven't even plugged it in yet this year. And just so no one misses the point, I hang price tags on every component because that is what I need for my ego.

You nailed it, I'm a con man and there is no way I can hear any difference between my clock radio and my stereo, at least from what I remember because as I said I have not even plugged my system in.

It is so cool how you saw right through my facade. You are the man I hope some day to emulate with your wisdom and knowledge. If I could only obtain 5% of your knowledge I would be grateful. You are my idol sir. I love you!

Jadem6 your also a fool. Like I said blind test. you could not tell the difference from a 12 buck cable and a 1K cable. Thats a fact. You can post all the drivel you want. Fact is you wont take me up on my blind test challenge.

Herhttp://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.html Here is an interesting article.

Lots of great points here, it's a matter of budget and upgrading. If you are like me I have to do this in stages. Sure it would be nice to go and spend unlimited amounts. What I do is save and buy the things that I want. 1 piece at a time. This is a on going mission. Good Luck

I find cabling as important as any other part of the musical chain including ones mood at the time of listening. I beleive without a doubt that good cables make a huge positive difference when used in proper synch with the rest of the system and it's cables. Good cables do not have to be expensive to be really good and sometimes a lesser cable will soound better in a particular situation but I'll say it again cables can make or break a system regardless of how much they cost. Ubnfortunately when a good cable comes around it becomes way over inflated in it's price and that is because the people who make these cables can get away with it. Especially if it's a hard design to copy or just expensive materials when bought in small quantities. I know a cable manufacturer who says he can build an Electraglide Fatman from scratch but he says he can buy it cheaper on Audiogon than it would cost him to build from scratch.