Would you abandon your expensive cables if there was a much cheaper alternative?

**AJ Soundfield** · September 11, 2019, 05:48 PM

Cheap copper wires are fine and dandy, but if you ever had to fend off Lycans you'd be praying you had kept your expensive silver cables.

**Joseph R.** · September 11, 2019, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by AJ Soundfield

Cheap copper wires are fine and dandy, but if you ever had to fend off Lycans you'd be praying you had kept your expensive silver cables.

Well AJ, I think that just about caps off this topic. What more can be said ?

**nicoff** · September 11, 2019, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by UltraFast69

$18k for a POWER CORD?

No wonder audiophiles get such a bad name.

**Penthouse-D** · September 12, 2019, 08:41 PM

Obscene ...

**Speedskater** · September 13, 2019, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Shadowfax

Not "Needing" and "Sound Different" are 2 different things.
So the question remains, Do you want sound, or do you want good sound?

A better question might be:
Is there enough (ears only) sound difference to justify the cost difference?

**BlueFox** · September 13, 2019, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Speedskater

A better question might be:
Is there enough (ears only) sound difference to justify the cost difference?

Yes. Exactly.

**Jim Smith** · September 13, 2019, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Speedskater

A better question might be:
Is there enough (ears only) sound difference to justify the cost difference?

And is the difference a more musically involving change, rather than a super-detailed analytical “improvement”?

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