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i see the price of such cables and just think what's the point ?They start at $10,250 for a 50cm pair...
The same shop also lists a USB cable starting at $2000, so your ones and zeros arrive shiny and clean.
here are some other interconnects listed on that website !They start at $10,250 for a 50cm pair...
The same shop also lists a USB cable starting at $2000, so your ones and zeros arrive shiny and clean.
just taking the cost of the mains, interconnect and speaker cable prices combined, in the above list you typed, imagine what kit that could buy ?Looking at the cable co's website, here's a list of most expensive cables:
Interconnects 4m $35k.
Speaker cable 3m $89k.
Mains lead 3m $31k.
Phono cable 3m $48k.
Digital coax 3m $19k.
Digital optical 2m $5.5k.
USB 3m $19k.
HDMI 5m a mere $700 - though they will flog you a 30m one.
Subwoofer 10m $5.5k.
iPod cable 3m $3.5k - so that's how many times as much as the iPod?
Jumper cables 35cm $10.5k.
Guitar cable, 20ft - $12k.
Madness.
Even as someone who has heard/imagined* differences in some cabling, I cannot get my head around the notion** that there's a market for this price level, and that someone would spend more on a cable than on the attached equipment - such as the iPod cable above.imagine what kit that could buy ?
you have hit the nail on the head with the above post. i like the heard / imagined part !Even as someone who has heard/imagined* differences in some cabling, I cannot get my head around the notion** that there's a market for this price level, and that someone would spend more on a cable than on the attached equipment - such as the iPod cable above.
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**Actually, I can. The principle is called anchoring. Set a stupid price and it will make your 'cheaper' offerings seem less outlandish than would be the case without the anchor. The aim of the silly-priced item is not to sell, it's to encourage sales further down your food chain.
Anchoring (cognitive bias) - Wikipedia
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With the numbers for the UK price likely to be about the same as the US price, the most expensive USB cable at 2 meters, will cost about 10 times as much as I paid for my DAC/headphone amp. I paid just under 20 quid for a QED cable, mainly for the gold plated contacts so I don't have to unplug and plug in again from time to time, as is often needed with USB.I cannot get my head around the notion** that there's a market for this price level, and that someone would spend more on a cable than on the attached equipment - such as the iPod cable above.
Good point.The principle is called anchoring. Set a stupid price and it will make your 'cheaper' offerings seem less outlandish than would be the case without the anchor. The aim of the silly-priced item is not to sell, it's to encourage sales further down your food chain.
Anchoring (cognitive bias) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
i read on another forum years ago how somebody preferred the much cheaper copper interconnect and speaker cable by a certain cable company to the much pricier all silver interconnect and speaker cable variant they sold.That's it. A £1k cable is 'obviously' going to be offer much more than 10% of what a £10k cable does, so it's a bargain.