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speaker cable prices

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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initforthemusic
282 posts
 
Second Cullen. Excellent Speaker Cables for the money.
czarivey
5,654 posts
 
Few buck per foot is just price for speaker cables. $1...5
Everything in excess is just market balloons with snake oil no matter what story or reviews behind specific brand/model -- vanishable to just monetary value that is in excess. No need to know Electrical Engineering or electrical wire properties -- just $ is enough!

Pbn shown right choices that are never wrong, only you don't need termination on home audio speaker cables. 
jl35
3,909 posts
 
Mapleshade and Transparent Audio...there's a 10 ft pair of Transparent The Wave on here now for $125 . it's an excellent cable
jl35
3,909 posts
 
no connection to seller, I used to have a pair of those

ebm
9,311 posts
 
Better sounding cables cost more as the good ones are made to a higher standard for $300.00 good luck you can not get anything that really sounds good at this price.Good luck though!!
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