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Cables that cost more than good loudspeakers

I just thought about it. It's still amazing that the high end comprises cables that retail for as much or more than a good set of loudspeakers. A few I noticed: Purist Audio Anniversary IC $8k, Siltech Compass Lake IC $12k, Tara Labs the Zero IC $13k, and Stealth Audio Dream PC almost $3k. I'm not even bringing up speaker cables. It's really crazy that quality high end speakers can cost less than a little wire. But the people who continue to buy these expensive cables because they can afford them, make these prices a reality in the market. If there weren't any buyers, then there wouldn't be these prices. When I got into this 5 years ago, I had no idea of this high end audiophile world.

My most expensive component will remain my speakers and they retailed for $5500.. Most of my world would say that's amazing and crazy too. I guess I need to drop it. It is what it is.
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One way to view this topic is to break it down into 2 categories:

1. Passive equalization - one cable may emphasize bass more than another, etc etc.

2. Resolution access - no change in frequency response (or perception), instead noise floor is dropped and any hash or grain is lowered.

I find that the more expensive cables fall into the second category. You can look at components this way too, your 'reference class' components fall into the second category.
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