How Much Have You Spent On Cables Throughout The Years. I'm Shocked When I Checked.


I just checked the total cost of cables which I still own, all types of cables including spares. It's all recorded in an Excel sheet, actual price paid and not MSRP.

I'm shocked. It's a whopping sum of $22.4k. crying

I'm sure there would be people who have spent more. I have seriously overspent on cables though I still need to get another mains power cable before I call it a day, a rather costly one. 

 

ryder

gdaddy1

Only present your proof, otherwise you are as full of S as the folks at ASR and AH.

Nobody here owes you proof of anything.

@gkelly  Thx!  

@gdaddy1    I watched part of Amir’s video that was completely void of associated audio components, what music was used, room/acoustics or qualified listeners etc. All he had was a bunch of graphs/measurements that prove nothing about different sonic characteristics regarding the sound quality of the 2 cables. Has it ever occurred to you that Amir is financially capitalizing on the cable naysayers ignorance? He might be laughing at you!

Much more than $22K, over the years. It's not so bad if you can buy used and resell later for a decent % of your original cost. But if you buy some of today's mega-buck high end cables - new at or near MSRP - yeah you're gonna take a bath when you resell :(

I particularly like some of my solid-core silver cables (not cheap), but the way today's cables & tweaks are hyperbolically marketed, pseudo-science'd to death, and over-sold these days is...somewhat grotesque.

That said I'm continually amazed how our hobby has this ongoing issue with certain contentious people getting so upset about what SOMEONE ELSE spends on a product - there are other hobbies with far worse patterns that don't seem to have this problem.