Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables

OP made his point in a questionable way, but it's a fair point nonetheless. 

The problem with most armchair Audiophiles perorating endlessly in forums about the stunning aural benefits of tweaks, network gear and cryogenically treated USB cables is that they can't tell the difference between a soldering station and a train station and they've never even taken the covers off their gear. As a result, they have no idea what lurks inside. How about $4000 power cords going into $500 wall receptacles, themselves screwed onto decidedly non-Audiophile Romex held together by garbage wire nuts? Wire nuts! Talk about microphonics now. And how about $400 graphene fuses snapped into 10-cent fuse holders made of common steel? Etc

Meanwhile, everyone politely agrees to ooh and aah over the emperor's new clothes, including genuine audiophiles who know better.

What is interesting is that (to my knowledge at least) none of you audiophile-outlets aficionados has stepped up to the plate and wired a homerun from listening room to electrical panel out of 10AWG Furutech all-silver cable.

But wait! Even if one spent thousands on an Audiophile electrical panel, that panel is still wired to horrid aluminum service entrance cables! And what goes on in the street beyond that, forget about it!

So, going one step further, what y'all seem to need is the aforementioned silver cable in-wall wiring leading not to the grid, but to a dedicated Teslawall charged by solar panels.

One step further? Have your gear modded to accept DC straight from the wall, eliminating any unnecessary DC to AC to DC conversion.

Want really clean power that can actually make a difference, unlike a measly $500 outlet on its own lonesome? Do the work, guys.

@invalid 

The word "necessarily" in

You seem to think any audiophile that spends more money than you would on cables and tweaks doesn’t know anything about the equipment, which isn’t necessarily true. 

is much appreciated. Thank you.

What I do want to know is, why are none of y’all who are so convinced that clean power makes a huge difference in sound quality putting your money where your mouth is, and building a really clean power supply? Why are you instead purchasing furutech outlets and some such that are nothing but amulets that may make a difference best characterized as infinitesimal?

@audphile1 

So it’s a pretty simple concept really. Most seasoned audiophiles I know, and a lot of them are here on audiogon, in addition to their love for music and good sound are also avid gearheads. I like to know what’s in the box. I like reading about different design philosophies and even more importantly I like to hear it all. Try it in my system. 

At some point your system and room begin to gel and while differences between some components or cables are not earth shattering they’re pivotal in achieving the ultimate sound quality where the components and cables just get out of the way and you stop using music to evaluate equipment and start enjoying it. it’s actually a great feeling. Not an easy goal to accomplish in this hobby.
 

Keep in mind human brain is pretty complex and it just doesn’t interpret the information the same way oscilloscope or any other type of instrument does. If it was that simple we wouldn’t have Stradivarius and Guarneri, or Gibson and Fender, or Steinway and Bosendorfer. 

Now that's starting to sound reasonable. I can respect that.

If you're gonna wring your hands, wring'em over something that matters.

I don’t think that knowing there is better sounding gear out there, that we can’t or won’t afford, detracts at all from our enjoyment of what we have...

@jl35 

You’re right - just knowing about it does not. But if we found ourselves in a headspace where we want it and we need it and we have to have it, yet we can’t, then it can negatively affect our enjoyment.

I am clearly very far from the point where I might feel that my system won’t be complete without that last amazing accessory. And if I’m being honest, part of the reason I’m posting this is because I don’t want to get there.

This brings up an interesting philosophical point: We are all, I think, on a quest for ever better sounding systems. If, like @ghdprentice relates, a person is in a space to discern and appreciate the positive impact a $20K accessory can have on furthering that quest, yet balks at spending the price they cost, then it could be argued that the skill and knowledge and expertise that person has built over the decades is actually detrimental to their enjoyment of their system and of the music being played on it, relative to a less evolved audiophile's.

A sort of a high-end riff on ignorance is bliss. Do we want to be right, or do we want to be happy?