Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?

I use a Modern Design of Wire that is used in what can be referred to as very expensive Cables.

I am not feeling the Wire I own is expensive, to acquire and be used as Speaker Cable and Inter Connect, especially when compared to the retail prices of some Brands of Cables.

Where is there a difference between the Wire I am using and the Brands offerings.
Mainly in the way the cable is constructed, in some cases it will be a assembly of other Materials and Sheathed.
Contained within the Sheath can be a selection of materials to Manage Vibration and RFI.
In many cases the Wire will be routed through a Sheath only.

The Wire that I am using has been in some cases Cryo or Nano Treated by the producer of a Cable.

The other cost that can vary is how the Cables are Terminated.
The Cost of a Speaker Cable Connector, RCA Connector or XLR Connector can vary.
Types of Solder used can have different Values.
The allocation of Man Hours to Produce a Terminated Cable.
These can impact on the cost, especially if the Connectors are Branded and the Models being selected with High Purchase Prices.

Does a Selection of Base Materials, a Treatment such as Cryo or Nano.
and an assembly of the base parts to be contained within a Sheath and the Termination Procedure for the Cable, all add up to a outlay for the Producer that will cost $$$$$'s per metre.

The answer is certainly NO!

Does Printing a Brands Name on to the Sheath, along with the Cable Model and Directional Arrows, add to the above per metre cost, and now produce a Cable that costs $$$$$'s per metre.

The answer is certainly NO!

Does the risk of experiencing Low Volumes of Sales, and deciding which level of the Market the Cable will be competing in, along with placing a Value onto the Companies IP, now produce a Cable that costs $$$$$'s per metre.

The answer is most certainly, looking likely to be Yes!

In relation to Speaker Cables, is my Untreated Modern Design Wire,
going to be noticeably bettered, when compared to a Identical Wire,
that is being supplied from a Brand, with a Cryo or Nano Treatment and contained within a Sheath with Directional Arrows ?

Will the wire with a Purchase Price of $15 per metre, be trounced in a Comparison by the much increased Purchase Price Terminated Cable supplied from a Brand ?

The Law of Diminishing returns will certainly be at play.

With the way the commodities markets are heading, the Wire at $15 per metre will potentially hold its value, even when sold on as used.
The Branded Cable if a New Purchase, will probably lose 20 - 30% of the Value in a very short period of being owned.    

 

       

If a Individual purchased a Branded Speaker Pair of Speakers Cables
Five Years ago as a used Cable for $500 Dollar for 2 x 8ft Lengths that originally retailed at $1000.
Then after owning the Cable for the Five Year Term sold the Cables for 
$300 Dollars.
The Cable will have cost the Second User $40 Dollars a Year to own the Cable.

If a Person was to enter this Thread claiming they had invested $40 a year into their Speaker Cables the statement would not seem to be in keeping with Hyped Expensive Wire, but more closer to a statement about Cheap Wire being Purchased from a Home Depot.

If a Cable is creating a Interest to a Individual to try using it.
It can investigated for user feedback and see how it performs with a particular Interface.
If it still appeals, the Cable cab be sought out to see if there is a option for it to be purchased at a Cost that is heavily reduced from the Retail Value.

From my experience not much will be lost on a resale if the Cable is bought prudently and at a later date is sold.    
In a few cases the Cable has realised a small profit.

My other Hobby being photography has much more increased levels of depreciation on purchases, whether Prudent Used Purchases or as a New Purchase.

There is a thread of prejudice woven into the fabric that is the HiFi Community stretching across the Globe.
Every Forum and Country will have occupants who do not in any measure welcome the idea that Cables are worthy of a High Retail Value.
This is most likely because the view is that the Cable does not produce a important role in the System, it is an umbilical that is a necessity to enable the System to Function.

Cables which have a High Retail Price are met with the uncomfortable welcome, that is regularly seen expressed. 
Users who make their use of the High Priced Cables known, 
are commonly disregarded as Discontented Neurotics, who constantly exchange Devices and Ancillaries with Too Much Disposable Income and are always in search of the next big thing to brag about.

My own personal experience with Individuals who are content with the idea of exchanging Cables at Different retail Values does not reflect the above.
The Individuals I spend time with are likeminded to myself, and are quite content with their Systems and see no need to exchange a Device or Ancillary to create any further improvements.

Their use, as well as my own use of a Cable or Permutations of Cables over a period of time, is to see how the best interface can be created for r much wanted to be retained Devices and Ancillaries.

As New Cables are also known to need a time to settle, some choices of a Cable can remain within a Interface for a very long time and commonly remain almost permanently.

More Importantly if an opportunity to share in a experience is denied to oneself because ones belief mechanisms and theories reject the idea that something new can be obtained, through participating in the experience.

Then that is a situation that is fine the that person.
There is no need to spend any time to create a change.

If an individual with these inclinations is to enter into a discussion on the outcome of the types of experiences that have been passed over.
Where there are the findings of others being shared, by those who have chosen to participate in a particular type of experience.
Those who are refusing to undertake or acknowledge any value to the experience, are going to be sharing an information that is deficient in Value.
It is quite clear from my own experiences and sharing some of those experiences in the Company of others who are showing a Interest, that a Cable can produce a perception of being attractive and produce an improvement, whilst demonstrated along side another Cable that can be perceived of being less attractive and not able to be perceived as being a Improvement.

I am most contented by undertaking in these experiences, they have been the most educational
.
One alternative can be to refuse to participate and claim the time spent is futile and will lead to falsities being made known.
I am quite content to not adopt this attitude any longer, that one is a thing from my past, and creates limitations.