Cables that cost more than the speakers?

you have to consider that new cables are typically discounted to a much higher degree than new speakers. i am guilty of having transparent opus mm speaker cable ($23,500 list) and wilson watt/puppy 6 ($20,000 list). but i got full list trade-in ($9800) on my ref.xl ss speaker cable i had purchased for $3000 and a discount from there. so what i really paid for the cable was far less than the speakers. btw, the cables were more than worth the money for the performance improvement. it was more performance improvement than any electronics i have upgraded.

i believe you have look at performance improvement for the dollars not what you are spending it on. if the result doesn't justify the investment then don't do it. but don't get hung up on what component you are spending the dollars on.

rayhall, i respect your comments and spent 6 months considering alternatives after i first heard the opus before i finally purchased it. in the context of my system they made a larger performance increase than any change i have made. i would simply recommend that until a person hears what a product can do they refrain from assumeing that "it can't be worth the money". would you think $40k for speakers would be unthinkable. if these cables make more difference than additional money for speakers wouldn't they be equally as valuable? or is it more politically correct to buy more expensive speakers?

an analogy i would use to describe the special quality of the opus speaker cable would be that comparing it to the next best cable i have heard (nordost valhalla) it is like going from a darkened room to full natural sunshine. no other component has ever done that at any price.

i remember when i first heard about a $300 set of speaker cables; i thought that the idea of $300 for cables was laughable. over time i have come to appreciate what enjoyment my system can bring me and how cables affect performance. there is no right and wrong on this issue; only context, perspective, and taste.