Silly prices for Nordost cables

This is a great read:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/truth-about-nordost-valhalla-power-cord-1

@ghosthouse One thing about the rich is they live in a realm where normal purchases like cars and houses do not approach the ratios of cost to earnings per annum which we endure. For example, one earns $75,000 net and a car costs $25,000 - 1:3. The rich buy a car for $125,000 on earnings of $1m - 1:8. Etc.

@ebm - Rest assurred, even if I could afford them, I would not purchase them. A fool and his money are easily parted.

@infection Uh...okay, whatever you command. Yeah right. Its not their wealth, it’s their gullibility.

I am the OP. This is mothing to do with hating rich people, or even assuming rich people have no discrimination. I am pointing out that there are companies making short pieces of cable - often no more than rehashed OEM wire and covering it with fancy jackets- and charging insane prices for them. And the fact they get buyers is beyond me. True voodoo economics!

Some points for snark Mr. Geoff. One reason people buy these cables is because the dealer advises them that they need them. I knew a dealer who would roll around in a pile of cables moaning. He said it made them sound better. The people I feel sorry for however, if I may lower the financial bar, are low and middle tier buyers who buy cables that make up 25% of the system price.

@barto. Indeed. The public are responsible for falling for marketing lies both in cables and in politics.

These cables look like great value. Especially if you like 'em big.

@yping Don’t you get it? It’s not about affording stuff, it’s about being ripped off.