New $24,000 inter-connect


I just saw a new Audiogon listing for a $24,000 inter-connect by Matthew Bond (Tara Labs). How many ya gonna order?
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Yep! It would be a sad time if the audio greats all decide that the science, art and engineering of making fine audio components at fair market value, isn't where it's at.....Jim
The price is just stupid..  And he just needs to trick 4 people into buying them and he made $100k.. With 1 billion people in the U.S. I'm sure he'll exceed his goal.. And it comes to show what kind of person this guy is.. To take advantage of someone's wishful thinking.. Equivalent to person selling a "magic" marble for $500 to a mentally challenged person.. 
oem-wheels "The price is just stupid.. And he just needs to trick 4 people into buying them and he made $100k.. With 1 billion people in the U.S. I'm sure he'll exceed his goal"
First there are not 1 billion people in the USA so you might want to check your references but more important is that you do not comprehend that for some people $24,000 USD is not a substantial sum of money it would only be a small, miner, essentially inconsequential amount in their overall complete monthly budget so it might be a "stupid" price for you who may still be living in you're parents home which is common in the US but for many that is not the issue.
I had 3 years of period that I had done home auditions of many expensive cables including Audio Note, Purist Audio Design, Crystal Audio, MIT, Synergistic and Transparent about 18 years ago.

At that time I had more budget on audio since I had been working actively.

Also I had three audio dealers around me who were willing to let me do home audition of their cables.

They knew if I like it, I would buy it.


My conclusion is that cable is dependent on system and personal taste so there is no best cable for everyone.

Thus it would be nice if you have dealers who let you do home audition of cables within your budget.

The other way is to find cable makers who offer unconditional return.


I usually spend 10-20% of the value of the equipment to connect on the cables.

So if I have 200,000$ amplifiers then I may buy this interconnect cable only when I like the synergy with amp.