Is there a magic formula for spending on components in a system

Hey millercarbon,

You always seem to be a huge proponent of power cables and speaker wires having a huge impact on the sound quality. I'm not saying you're wrong, but James Randi has offered a prize of $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate that $7,250 audio cables "are any better than ordinary audio cables". This was in 2007, so I'm not sure if the offer is still active or not. If I were you, I'd try to claim that prize if I could. Not only would it net you a substantial sum, you'd also be able to crow about being right this entire time. Good luck.

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I think Randi later admitted the cable company backed out. As to how the experiment would be carried out, that's a different subject. I think if you had 100 people listen and at least 70 of them didn't say the expensive cables were better, that might be enough to say there is no difference. It seems that anything less than 70% would not be definitive. Also, the article doesn't say whether or not the offer still holds, so I think millercarbon should at least investigate. I would (and might) for a million bucks.