$10k Speaker Cables??????????????

I have to disagree that cables plateau in the hundreds.. I gladly paid $1,100 for several pairs (Kimber KS) and $3,200 for one important seven meter pair.(also Kimber KS)  and yes they are better than the piles I bought at the $360 price point.(Cardas Parsec). Took me time to cough up the money, since at heart I am a cheapskate. As far as speaker cables go ... I am still holding the line at Kimber 8TC.
Maybe someday when I have more money left in the bank than makes sense, I will splurge on some fancy speaker cables. ($3K tops, I PROMISE)

I saw a Montblanc pen made in conjunction with Purdy shotguns ($100k for one of their guns is nothing). One of the higher level pens is priced at 120,000 pounds. I'm not sure what that is in US dollars. It is a very pretty pen. If you can buy a 120,000 pound sterling pen that will never touch paper, then $10,000 speaker cables are nothing at all. Nothing. And you don't have to be a billionaire for that type of luxury either.

I've heard, urban legend maybe, that there are Ferraris sitting unclaimed and covered in sand in Saudi Arabian airport parking lots. 

Those of us who are merely affluent have no idea what real big money is like.

@elizabeth : Don't forget to have them burned in before you buy them!

That's reason enough not to buy $10k cables and Ferraris - not to be associated in any way with those f*****s. And you don't need such an expensive gun for a bullet to go straight to the target.
Real money is earned money, my audiophile friend, but of course you already know it.

It all comes down to what you’re trying to achieve and what you can be happy 🤗 with - all things considered - including SR, your expendable resources and how much you have put into the game. I have a nagging suspicion, and trust me, I know a lot of audiophiles, many folks get a little carried away with the whole thing. Chasing the dragon. 🦎 Consumed by the fires of Ork. 😃 Geez, try to keep a little perspective. People! As Groucho Marx quipped when his guest told him she had eight children, I like my cigar but I take it out once in a while.