why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

Yeah,I believe 91 and less sensitivity is lousy!, for what we pay for speaker's these days, you would think they would fix this problem that has never been addressed, to me, it's a lousy designer to have 87 sensitivity to get 24htz!, on the flip side of it, an incredible designer to get 24htz and have 96 or higher sensitivity.

Once you acknowledge that cables can affect the perception of recorded sound, one has to decide what a significant difference is worth. To my ears, in my system, cables that have improved the quality of reproduced sound to the degree audiophiles associate with upgrading active components and speakers, to me, just like having high quality components and speakers, alot of money is not considered an unusual investment for cable's that achieve this.

Mapman wrote,

"No manufacturer will knowingly publish something that might limit sales. That's why most speaker makers understate what power is needed for best performance. It would scare off potential customers in many cases if they told them how much power was needed for optimal performance."

I actually don't think that's true. I am pretty sure most speaker manufacturers state the MINIMUM power required. They also frequently state the MAXIMUM POWER Handling capability. It's also why speaker manufactures usually state sensitivity, you know, to indicate relative power required.

I saw this heaDLINE TODAY:

"'COLOSSAL WASTE': US spent $43M to build $500,000 Afghan gas station"

That's 86X too much it would seem.

Geoff my point is that vendor specs are usually specified loosely because if used teh results will often at least satisy most people. That's different than specifying what is needed for best performance in order to satisfy audiophiles.

Maybe some high end companies do, but most vendors overall do not If they do, they limit their market to a select few and must price higher accordingly in order to make enough profit off of fewer units sold.

Just saying that proper application of specifications will likely lead to decent but not optimal results.