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I think some cables are just a little too expensive.

A while back a shop I did business with carried Transparent Audio Cables. They were so expensive it was obscene. They did sound good, but you had to move up from the bottom to the more idiotically pricey models to start to feel the magic. It had been several years ago and I wanted to check in on my old friends at Transparent Audio. This is their top of the line speaker cable. Now if you don't have a problem with this whole cable thing, this might push you over the edge. I can't imagine a speaker that would need such a cable. Wilson? Rockport? What amp? You can buy a nice luxury vehicle for the same price as a pair of speaker cables? Nelson Pass would be embarrassed to see these monstrosities on one of his amplifiers.

https://www.transparentcable.com/collections/magnum-opus/products/magnum-opus-speaker-cable
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oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
I had to grab my NUTS on some of this and say WHY DO things breed?

Things that won't take care of THEMSELVES DON'T live.

Only humans do and expect ME, or anyone else, to feed, cloth, and pay for someone else's existence with my money. 
  
I suppose you agree with I took it, from him/her.
I didn't steal it, too.

Sick thinkin' in my America... I don't care WHO has money, as long as they didn't steal it to get, and are entitled to it. No one is ENTITLED to mine, EVER... Charity is there for a reason.. DO YOU GIVE time and money, to the needy. To the needy, I do. THE friggin' bums NO way...

BACK to what I CAN BUY now...With MY HARD EARNED money from multi billionaires. Thank you...

No regards.. 
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nyaudio98
420 posts
 
Way way over priced..one guy i know of has oden 2 inter connects.  speakers cable u name it..retail 200k...kid u not in his system. 
fleschler
1,919 posts
 
@mikelavigne  Thanks for your input.  I notice that even the smaller MM3s weigh 1300 lbs and retail for $80,000.  They are three part speakers so they would be easier to handle. I was hoping to purchase the VS VR9SE Mk2 for $35,000.   I read a review that indicated that the MM3s are 93db efficient, 7 ohm nominal +/- 2db making them easy to drive like the VR9.  I want to use 125 w. monoblock tube amps which have huge power supplies.  I can't do that with the Ultra 55s per VS (they require a minimum of 200 watts).  It's possible someone could sell the MM3s heavily discounted.  I presume that the MM3 Exacts are quite a bit more expensive.  The other problem with the VR9 and MM3 is finding exactly the right spot for them as they are so heavy assembled (I'm sure your MM7s took forever to find the right spot). 
jet88
62 posts
 
More like the power of ignorance. People spouting about communism and socialism and several other things... So much wrong not only about those things and the countries that didn't even practice them (USSR / Russia, China, etc.) anywhere near what the ideas where, however flawed.

The problem with discussing politics is most people have no idea what they are talking about. They parrot misinformation they heard from equally ignorant sources or worse, the lies and propaganda from the many exploitative manipulators who direct them like puppets.

In so far as Capitalism being the ultimate solution, believers are in the above category of ignorants, thinking they to will one day be rich. It's possible but very unlikely. The path to, and achievement of wealth as practiced in our world creates much misery, poisons the environment as well as societies, and stokes the flames of war.

Everything has it's problems. Aspects of Capitalism can produce positive outcomes, just as socialism can. Balance is the key to a bright future for all. Humans are short-sighted, naturally selfish, and easily misled though. We still have much evolving to do.

On topic, $65k is crazy for cables. My opinion sure, but there's a saying, "A fool and his money are soon parted", and it is as true as ever.
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