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I read plenty of articles on the demise of high end audio and have been an enthusiast for 40 years and worked at a high end retail chain for ten years back in the 90's. I still own several systems and buy and sell gear to keep tweaking my systems. Nonetheless I'm pretty shocked at the prices of cables in particular- I look for a decent pair of speaker cables to run from a Pass amp to a good pair of speakers and can hardly find a pair of 8 ft cables for less than $1000- most are commonly 2-3k for a pair of cables. 

Is it me or is this ludicrous? 

What are people buying for an average pair of cables ? Can a pair be had for $300?
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ok thanks, I'm looking for a simple pair (not a bi wire set up) about 10 ft long. Everything I see in the 300-400 range is either ridiculously short- like 3 ft- or a single wire. Pretty weird and frustrating. 

Looks to me like the market is ripe for some company to offer reasonably priced well made cables in normal lengths and in the 200-400 per pair price point....jeez...
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