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Cable Costs Relative to System

Since making a spread sheet with my audio system prices, i h ...

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04-02-03 Everybody's sytem is different and everyone has a bias (and ... Dave_b

04-10-03 I believe the cable cost shouldn't be more than 15% of your ... S23chang

06-20-03 Let me chime in my two bits, for what's it worth. i agree w ... Russellrcncom

06-20-03 Russellrcncom, i agree with you. the only problem with all o ... Muralman1

06-24-03 If you accept that malcolm hawksford's definitive work the e ... Redkiwi

06-24-03 I don't care what one calls distortion, it is all unacceptab ... Muralman1

06-25-03 After hearing transparent cables i see why those with alot o ... Abex

06-28-03 Don't blame me, i really enjoy in changing cables. my curre ... Wally_li

06-28-03 It's a system thing. like one of the other posters said, th ... Audioengr

06-28-03 Audioengr has summarized the subject--almost. there are rat ... Psychicanimal

06-28-03 Save yourselves some time, energy and hassle. start with the ... Triumph

06-29-03 I would not be surprised. there are manufacturers who do all ... Muralman1

06-30-03 I really do not think you should equate cost to performance ... Abex

07-05-03 Amen to muralman1. dipole speakers are the path to audio ni ... Homedesign

07-05-03 The notion of cables being 'system dependant' is utter nonse ... Homedesign

07-06-03 Homedesign: it is too bad that you didn't apply as much log ... Sean

07-06-03 Home design i have owned magnepan and auditioned quite a f ... Abex

07-06-03 It was said once one upgrades their system sufficiently, the ... Muralman1

07-06-03 Muralman: there is no way for anyone to know exactly what i ... Sean

07-06-03 Sean, my comments were not directed at you. sorry, if i brui ... Muralman1

07-16-03 Hi,,, wow its amazing cause i'm just about exactly at the sa ... Mikec

07-29-03 If you're worried about system matching, spending thousands ... Triumph

07-31-03 You have awsome power cables. there are steals and rip offs ... Duane

10-22-03 All, my system is meager compared to what you all seem to ha ... Geoffgarcia

11-02-03 Http://home.earthlink.net/~rogerr7/wire.htm Tomzinho

12-06-03 Not to dredge this back from the dead, but geoffgarcia, i wa ... Dmoffitt

12-16-04 My system is in excess of $100,000 and the interconnects tha ... Alwyn

12-17-04 Well, here is my two cents worth on cables. i just bought a ... Kcaudell

01-01-05 Digital cables,i compared a kimber digital cable costing in ... Alwyn

01-01-05 At a recent audio party, we tried a half dozen digital cable ... Muralman1

01-02-05 We've done some blind testing using digital cables and the w ... Sean

04-10-05 My system retails for $30,600 without the cables. i'm gettin ... Arthurp

04-18-05 My primary system retails for about $15,000; i actually have ... Highdudgeon

04-19-05 Rules of thumb never work in high end. like the saying goes, ... Rgs92

06-20-05 I think you could have spent 10% of that and bought custom c ... Brizonbiovizier

06-20-05 Metaphysics, holy cow,yes you have come to your senses. my ... Aldavis

06-30-05 Metaphysics started this chat in 2001 and hasn't posted in 4 ... Trappist

07-06-05 Wow...everybody has alot to say! problem is most of it don' ... Dave_b

07-08-05 Indeed - i have a £20k system in which i spent less than 5% ... Brizonbiovizier

07-30-05 Check out arthur salvatore's site, high-endaudio.com. he's a ... Atexanathome

08-27-05 Update....found some old mit mh 750 shotgun speaker cable la ... Dave_b

09-26-05 I think cable upgrades are important, but way overhyped. i ... Dgplo

12-18-05 There's no 10% rule. cables are used to cary a signal and it ... Chrfor

12-18-05 this is like shopping for the best produce, cooking in all c ... Boa2

12-18-05 Chrfor, never say never. some day you may be lucky enough to ... Jadem6

12-18-05 well put, jd. i certainly wouldn't expect pavarotti to stre ... Boa2

12-20-05 Go with the cables you can afford (new or used ) which sound ... Mikesinger

12-21-05 The reason cables cause as much controversy as politics is b ... Duane

12-21-05 Allot $100 per interconnect, $200 for your speaker cable and ... Brizonbiovizier

12-21-05 Duane, you make some excellent points. i have no way, nor a ... Jadem6

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