Sum Total Cost Of All Cables In Your Rig?

I like the look of some ribbon cables and i can't lie....

@mylogic  wrote

This can be a freaky hobby.

Cables for hi-fi freaks are in the same league as a girlfriends/spouses collection of fashion enhancing handbags and grab bags.

The two different collections are essentially the same. Both are classed as glamourising accessories.

One camp for sounding good, the other for looking good. Some hi-fi freaks possibly imagine themselves in both worlds. 🤔

@deep_333 ”l like the look at some ribbon cables and l can’t lie…”

I can’t lie either….. Without getting in too deep, I like the look of, and have Solar Wind (but under control), Blue Heaven and Red Dawn ribbon cables. All cheap, second hand 👍👍👍

Flat ribbon cables have been part of my DNM since l fell in love with amplifiers. 
 

As long as we both agree to not crave the look of hand bags with ribbon cable straps, we are arguably, not too freaky.

LPS for Streamer

Power Cables for DAC and Integrated

Digital IC for Streamer to DAC

Analog IC for DAC to Integrated

Speaker cables 

Probably have spent under $1,500 for the items listed above. There have been some additional cables purchased along the way, but I self imposed price point is around $200 per cable spent. Some were a bit more and some less. 

$1000 bought me my XLRs, RCAs, and a few hundred feet of the best speaker cable you can possibly buy: plain old 12 AWG OFC.

Current collection of cables outlined in my system:

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/10635

List price: >$30,000

My records show I paid approximately $15,000 as all but one were previously owned.