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

That’s quite a lot, but make sure you include it under “home improvement” in your itemized tax deductions to help offset some of the cost.  IRS and your accountant would agree that is for "home improvement."

"It’s amazing how contentious this thread has become. We have insulting , threatening, foreign country’s and just a lot of hate. Is it because we don’t value each other , we don’t really know each other ?"

@buellrider97 ,

It’s because a certain consistently banned member here can’t help but spew his childish, immature, school yard insults. He’s been banned well over a dozen times and he just keeps coming back to spew more of it. His current incarnation is foggyus91. He’s the one who wrote that lovely thing to me in my last post, and in a now deleted post told another member to ’blow it out his *ss.’ So, we know him all too well; A mealy mouthed, little paper bully who’d fold like a wet dish rag if ever personally confronted.

How, I wonder were we able to enjoy music playing through reference gear in the 90s without $10,000 cables?

@yesiam_a_pirate 

Could it be that in the 90s we worked for a living, spent our money raising kids and building homes, and had intact cognitive abilities?

I suppose some people struggle to carry a tune too, or to hear and sing a harmony part..... oh well, I can’t throw a 95 mph fastball, but some can.

@knotscott 

You make a good point, but the kind of claims some so-called "audiophiles" make are in 1,000 mph fastball territory. Some even claim they can throw supersonic fastballs.

If folks were able to discuss cables and tweaks reasonably and intelligently, we wouldn't be having these conversations. 

@thecarpathian , I think it involves more than one person, a lot of us including myself have a part in it. I try to take the high road but sometimes I slip into my 4 year old self and have a temper tantrum.                                                                   @devinplombier , do you think we just didn’t know better back in the day ? I remember going into a local brick and mortar store and in the high end listening room they had selector switches to match an amp to the speaker you wanted to audition. They had 6 or 8 guage clear copper bulk cable in double pairs going to each set of speakers. Now we have artsy fartsy cables with Greek god names. 😆 I personally believe that cables do make a difference and think that there is a point of diminishing returns. But I’m just a glad to be here as an  under experienced mid Fi guy.