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I bet if money were no object, most non-believers would be buying top-of-the-line cables at $2500/meter and singing a different tune.
Have you ever seen any exhibitor at CES showcasing a high-end audio system without using top-of-the-line cables from one manufacturer or another?
Can you imagine walking into the Mark Levinson room, or Krell, or Balanced Audio Technology and seeing some DIY ICs and speakerwire hooked-up?
That would be hilarious!
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Money isn't a problem for some of us.
However, I perform due diligence before making investments and purchases. I like to know the rental history of a property before I buy it. I research the rents and occupancy in similar units, taxes, utilities, crime rates, and several other items before I run the numbers to see if it makes sense.
Have you considered performing due diligence on cables?
Let's see. Even in the $2,500 or higher cables, there's maybe $10 or $20 in raw materials. Silver closed at $15.33 today, so even if you had $100 worth in the cable (unlikely) you'd still have to account for another $2,400. Manufacturing can't be that expensive; labor for a $40 Blue Jeans must be comparable. But to be unreasonable, say that labor is $50. And let's put another $50 on for a very, very special dielectric. Then add $100 for ultra-premium plugs. Even with exaggerated actual costs of $300, that leaves another $2,200 in what could only be margin.
How do you justify that?
The other side of the coin is performance. According to cable believers, there is no possible way to measure performance, or any difference whatsoever, with electronic test equipment. Further, it is claimed that there is no reliable way to conduct listening tests.
So, at least a $2,000 margin for something that cannot, in any way, be tested. According to the believers and manufacturers. And distributors and marketers and wholesalers.