Why do you "understand" $200-400 cables? I mean (wink, wink) shouldn't a SOTA cable only really cost $100/meter, right? You would think so! But it doesn't seem to pan out that way. BTW, my cables cost $100/meter by coincidence (not because I think that's the ceiling for good cables!!!), but so far all of the dealer demos and used audiogon cables in my system have not been able to best the synergy of what I currently have. It's left many 'a dealer scratching his head. But when I do heard better, I will probably save up and upgrade to them.
To summarize, yeah expensive cables (within your means!) are worth "it" but _only_if_ they give you the synergy you need. Else they're just another "$20-bottle-of-wine-marked-up-to-$200." without the synergy? No way! I will pay the difference between a "flat sounding" system and one that sounds "full of life." Sign me up. :-)
Aaron
To summarize, yeah expensive cables (within your means!) are worth "it" but _only_if_ they give you the synergy you need. Else they're just another "$20-bottle-of-wine-marked-up-to-$200." without the synergy? No way! I will pay the difference between a "flat sounding" system and one that sounds "full of life." Sign me up. :-)
Aaron