why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

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chrshanl37, I would believe the burden is on you. For you are the one who needs some kind of irrefutable proof or evidence.

Many of the rest of us are satisfied with our first hand experience and poses little if any need to prove anything.

We have stated our experience and our opinions about that experience.

Perhaps you need to get away from the computer scene, go out of the house, listen,  and discover for yourself what so many have experienced for decades.

Then, with first hand knowledge, you will be better equipped and perhaps happier about the audiophile experience. 

Or if you would prefer, just continue to argue a baseless point.

In any case, I wish you happy listening!

jl35, "I think your first point sums it up maple. We each determine what sounds best to us, and then decide what price we are willing to pay. Did a Stradivarius cost more to make? Can we prove it sounds better? Does it sound better? Tangential, I know..."

You sir, are spot on!

maplegrovemusic, this last Saturday there were four of us in the same listening room when we put the quite a bit more expensive HFC cables in replacing the next down cables. One guy is quiet and said nothing, one said something to the effect of why am I sitting here to what I cannot afford, one said "shit" these are amazing, and one talking about how real the female singer sounded and how perfect the piano was. 

I know that I cannot afford them, but I am getting old and think I deserve them as it is now or never.

I really don't understand most threads. Why would I care what someone or even a large number have to say? When I go to shows where "best sound at the show" awards are given, usually these are big and expensive equipment rooms that advertise a lot and rooms that I walked out after a brief listen as they were so terrible sounding.
Now how am I going to buy these cables? Please everybody send me your check for $1000.  Thanks.