why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable


I have tried expensive cables and one's moderately priced. I would say there were some differences but I can't actually say the expensive cables were better. IMHO I believe a lot of people buy expensive cables because they don't actual trust their ears and are afraid of making a mistake. They figure the expensive cables are better for the fact they cost more. If you have a difference of opinion or share the same thoughts, I would like to hear about it.
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Certain cables give you the "perceived illusion" of an expansive soundstage with tremendous depth, more "air" around the voices and instruments, and this is true. I believe this is due to cable geometry more so than exotic copper or silver. One thing they DO NOT do (and this one's my favorite), is "Gerry out of the way of the music". That phrase drives me mad. In fact, I believe they are doing the complete opposite.They are getting in between the crap wire inside your amplifier going to its binding posts, and the crap wire in your speaker going from its binding post to the drivers. Adding expensive speaker cables does not miraculously unlock hidden detail and a vast, expansive soundstage that's just waiting to get out of your amplifier.
That's nonsense. If that were the case, then your amplifier would be wired with the same expensive cables. Expensive cables IMO are adding a certain signature of their own based on cable geometry and materials used to give you the perceived illusion of the soundstage you're listening to.
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Zd542,
A little sensitive are we? On a thread like this?"

What are you talking about? You asked a question and didn't say who it was for. If you weren't talking to me, just say so ad we'll move on. I don't see what the big deal is.
The only item in ones system that has a sound signature is ones speakers . The cables used are going to determine how the drivers move . Find the cable that moves the drivers to the speakers full potential and then you have "The best cable for your system" Same goes with amplifiers .