why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable

By and large, according to many reviews and many comments by individuals, and regardless of whatever silly arguments naysayers might come up with, the more expensive cables are the best sounding cables. That is not to say that the most expensive cables on Earth are the best sounding ones, necessarily, but they should get you into the ballpark. By the same token, if you purchase some High Fidelity cables they should At the very least get you on the ball park. Of someone is sporting some $105,000 Rockport Hyperion speakers and a $102,000 Walker Audio turntable what's the harm in say $20,000 worth of cables? I don't begrudge anyone buying a $205,000 Ferrari California. Live and let die, I say.

The difference in performance between a $205000 Ferrari and an every man's Toyota is pretty clear.

The difference in performance between various wires is often not so clear. Other than price.

That's the difference.

I agree people can and should feel good about buying whatever they want. If they are happy in the end, all is well.

So its a reasonable answer to say the reason they do it is to make themselves happy, whatever the cost.

Audiophiles are notoriously hard to please when it comes to the toys they love most.

So there you go.

The merits of one cable versus another and the value proposition is a much different and more complicated story.

So there you go.

An easy path and a harder one.....

"Like i have stated before the price of copper is $5 a pound . So , it is not the price of the copper . What's left ? Only referring to copper cables as they are the most popular ."

Sorry. I thought you were speaking English. I should have known that a direct answer to a direct question wouldn't go over all that well. So what type of answer were you looking for, if not a direct one? If you can't come up with anything, we'll understand.

There are some basics when it comes to cable that can be measured. Then there's everything else that can't or is on the cutting edge of what can be known and demonstrated. I think the question is whether the price of admission to 'what if' is what should be debated.

Some answers in the affirmative can justify a price increase if it's labor intensive or if it requires some exotic metallurgy. Some answers that still remain in doubt should be looked at with a discerning eye (and ear).

Through all the years in audiophile history there have been some killer systems that used some old, tried and trued cables that did the job. Some basic tweaks along the way with coatings, purity, dielectrics, etc are probably all that were and are needed.

Interfaces between amp and speaker should be taken into consideration as well. Beyond that, I"m at a loss to say.

All the best,
Nonoise

The purchase of a luxury good may or may not make the purchaser happy, but it does make them happy about themselves. It's an affirmation of how they see themselves and their position in society. It's a testament to someone's economic status and discernment. Notice that the two most common rebuttals to those who question the wisdom of expensive cables are variations of "you can't afford it" and "your system or hearing isn't of high enough quality to judge".