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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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czarivey
4,494 posts
 
heavy duty jumper cables aren't flexible and not practical to use for home audio.
mcmaster.com, digikey.com, newark.com, mouser.com, crutchfield, musiciansfriend, b&hphotovideo, zzounds, fullcompass -- all these vendors have premium audio wires $5 per foot tops and choice is HUGE for believers and non-believers alltogetheratonce.



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nonoise
4,382 posts
 
I paid a little over $400 for the length I needed and it was solid, silver core. If you don't need 14 gauge and something like 16 gauge would suffice, then check out Tempo Electric : Pure Silver Cables.

They don't have the bling, but boy, do they sing. 🎼

All the best,
Nonoise
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viridian
4,184 posts
 
I think that cables are way too cheap. If they were more expensive we would have less to spend on speakers, and would be predisposed to buying more domestically acceptable speakers with more diminutive dimensions. The wire bandits are actually doing us a service.
lpretiring
195 posts
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Duelund DCA 16 or 12 gauge. $10 or $20 a meter. Replaced the classic Western Electric in my system. In the right system my opinion is they would compete with wire at any price.

   LP
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