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The Cost of Cables

We all know that there have been countless posts with endless debates about cables on every audio forum available. The reason I start this post is to garner thoughts from others on the cost of cables, not necessarily whether they make a difference or not. I find the prices for cables staggering and I (me personally) do not understand where the cost comes from. Some will say R&D, ok, I can go for that to a point, but can the manufacturing of wire really cost much? (In thinking about this, the discussion could be applied to audio as a whole.)

Obviously cable companies survive because we purchase their products, I include myself. But if we quit paying these large prices, would prices fall dramatically or would they just quit making cables such as we know it and/or close their doors?
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Something I don't think I've seen as I've skimmed this thread, and countless others like it is that when it comes to audiophiles, they aren't buying cables as a utilitarian item. They are buying them as art.

Expensive cables are not just made for the purpose of moving signal from point A to point B, but for a full kinesthetic experience. Not just aurally, but visual, tactile, and ultimately emotionally. If an object moves people, whether it's dollops of paint on canvas, a lump of bronze or a set of cables, how can you put a price on that?

I'm sure Martin Heidegger would have had something to say on this subject if you had asked him.
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