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.    

 

       

What hype?
What expensive speaker cables?
I don't what you're talking about.
The hype seems to be coming from you.

if there were actual differences, there would be published data that outline physiologically-detectable differences in all the ads.

I haven't seen any of that.

I have used 14g two conductor low voltage (for outside lights) copper wire from Lowes and Home Depot  for the last 20 years and have never even thought of upgrading speaker cables. The only changes ever made had been to compensate for length for speaker movement in different rooms and homes.After reading these discussion columns for the last several years, I began to wonder if, 1. more expensive speaker cables can improve my sound, and 2. if more expensive interconnects (than the flimsy red/white freebie type cables) can improve my sound.My very limited experience has been that the more elaborate and expensive speaker cable did nothing that was audible to me, altho' the banana plug "pigtail" that I had made facilitated switching between systems on my pair of speakers.However the interconnects, at first try, practically eliminated/veiled the higher frequencies.  The second try was the opposite, in  that they were extremely bright.  So I went back to the bag full of cheap interconnects that I have accumulated and again am quite happy with my sound.My conclusion is that what your ears tell you is the truth that you want to listen to.In my narrow mind, anyone that pays 3,000 never mind 30,000 for a piece of wire needs therapy.  Much like the difference between a Camry and a Corvette, both do the same thing i.e., move you from one place to another.But OMG, doesn't it make you "feel" better in the Corvette?

So out of the several hundred choices out there you tried a couple of the cheapest worst ones, they were as we all know highly variable in results, and from this meager random sample you have concluded you not only know more than much more experienced listeners, you know enough to conclude they need therapy. Impressive.