High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz

@rlawry I'm guilty as charged. Sentence me to life!!!. I want the best sound I can get. Now you are a man I would listen to. You are speaking the truth about us all.

It is what it is. Words won't change that.

@lak. If you like latin Jazz at all. Listen to Buena Vista Social club. Cuban band. I don't speak spanish but the musicians play with so much emotion. The person and the instrument are one. Also Pancho Sanchez "Conga Blue" is a great album. If you are in it for the music take a listen. You will be moved by the music. @ddraudt. I listened to Michael Buble tonight. I know it's cheesy but he records well. Lol. I also went back in time today and pulled out some r&b Michael Cooper. He is the former lead singer of Con Funk Shun. Older album. I had a great time today after work. Listening. High Fidelity is getting it done on r&b, jazz, world music, latin Jazz and Blues. If you are a big time Blues fan. My favorite blues album I have ever heard is Lightnin Hopkins "Blues Hoot". He is from Texas. Get the Dcc version. It's remastered and expensive. However, the sound quality is amazing and it ps recorded well. Lightnin inspired a lot of the Rock Bands and they refer to him as one of the greatest they have heard. My grandfather listened to him when I was younger on the 8track tapes in the Cadillac. It's all about the music for me. It's about the sound and if the equipment sounds good. I could care less about someone I will never meet telling me that I say I like something too much too many times. Audiophiles don't let me or anyone tell you what's good listen to it. I tried a whole bunch of cables from other high end brands to DIY stuff. It's not even close as far as I'm concerned. Cost is more but performance of the high fidelity stuff is amazing. The highs are extended and non-fatiguing. They are non-offensive. Detailed without being bright. Just the right amount of metal and splash. Decay is special on cymbals. The upper midrange is sweet. The initial strike of guitar and piano notes is special in the initial attack. It allows the player to get on and off the note and you can hear the inside of piano and guitar. Voices are realistic open and real sounding. The lower midrange and upper bass is nuetral and does not allow those areas to get out of control. The mid bass and lower bass is deep tight and realistic. When low drum rolls hit it's snappy with just the right amount of thump. The upright bass guitar is woody and organic. Speed and prat is uncanny fast and can unravel any complex passages thrown at it. So there is my music suggestions and there is my high fidelity ultimate review. This stuff is like cake to a Fat kid. I love it. Lol. I could go on and on but then I would just be using words not talking about sound. #dont talk just listen. Get it. Those who talk and don't listen usually don't get it. They just give you words with no sound. Lol. Boom. Boom. Boom. Couples retreat Boom Boom Boom. Lol.

Calloway,
Your post is insightful and honest, insecurity can manifest as envy or outright jealousy regrettably. There is an upper echelon of nearly every product catagory,High End audio isn't alone in this regard. Automobiles,luxury homes,watches/jewelry, clothing and on and on. A broad spectrum exist for both quality and cost, value is an individual judgement. what people choose to spend(or not spend) is their business.

I have my limits as do most everyone else. If someone is able to spend multiples of my self imposed budget why would that be of any concern to me? It seems it's better to be happy with what you're able to afford and not worry about how other adults spend their disposable income.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. That's pretty much the whole story here.

Wires that cost more than the price of a semester's tuition at some colleges are bound to be controversial. It would seem to go with the turf. Its strange to me that even the biggest fans won't acknowledge that.

BTW I am not jealous, not that it matters. I could easily afford these wires if I thought them worth the money, but I don't so there. There is no wire that I would think worth it. That's just me. YMMV.