Homer4beer
Well-Known Member
Na.....they are just happy to pay the price (or too embarrassed to say they can't really tell any difference) because they have more money than they know what to do with.
The audio shop/pro tells them to get such and such a cable to match their 250k system so they do it. Could they honestly tell the difference between the 10k cable or even a 1k cable? Do they possess amazing golden ears that can discern such finitely small differences in sound reproduction (if any at all)?
I doubt it.
I'm not suffering from envy wank factor either although if money was flooding in faster than I could possibly spend it then sure, I'd go nuts on whatever I wanted.
Discussing gear that is astronomically priced and very hard to quantity when it comes to performance is a bit like comparing the taste of salts from around the world. They all contain the same basic chemical make up and do the same thing (season food, reproduce music) but can you really tell the difference? (salt from the Himalayas compared to normal table salt) (an excellent $150 cable to a 10k cable). Top chief's argue over whether where the salt comes from makes any difference to the taste all the time. Same with audio cables. If you are spending 10 times on salt compared to another restaurant then of course you are going to tell your customers it tastes better.
Can your customers really really tell though?
Same with audio cables. They know they are getting "a premium product" as it's reflected in the amount of money lifted out of the wallet but does that mean it sounds that much better to them?
At least things like supercars, mega yachts etc can actually be measured to differentiate the purchases unlike hifi cables.
Sorry to go on a bit, I just find the type of gear you are talking about extremely hard to differentiate. If looks are the main difference then you could argue they are more pieces of artwork (still generally a liability not an assest) that also reproduce music extremely well. I get that, I really do, but to say the 10k-20k cable sounds measurably and audibly different to a quality cable us mere mortals would consider buying is simply confirmation bias or somebody justifying to themselves spending the money (cause it looks bad ass).
The audio shop/pro tells them to get such and such a cable to match their 250k system so they do it. Could they honestly tell the difference between the 10k cable or even a 1k cable? Do they possess amazing golden ears that can discern such finitely small differences in sound reproduction (if any at all)?
I doubt it.
I'm not suffering from envy wank factor either although if money was flooding in faster than I could possibly spend it then sure, I'd go nuts on whatever I wanted.
Discussing gear that is astronomically priced and very hard to quantity when it comes to performance is a bit like comparing the taste of salts from around the world. They all contain the same basic chemical make up and do the same thing (season food, reproduce music) but can you really tell the difference? (salt from the Himalayas compared to normal table salt) (an excellent $150 cable to a 10k cable). Top chief's argue over whether where the salt comes from makes any difference to the taste all the time. Same with audio cables. If you are spending 10 times on salt compared to another restaurant then of course you are going to tell your customers it tastes better.
Can your customers really really tell though?
Same with audio cables. They know they are getting "a premium product" as it's reflected in the amount of money lifted out of the wallet but does that mean it sounds that much better to them?
At least things like supercars, mega yachts etc can actually be measured to differentiate the purchases unlike hifi cables.
Sorry to go on a bit, I just find the type of gear you are talking about extremely hard to differentiate. If looks are the main difference then you could argue they are more pieces of artwork (still generally a liability not an assest) that also reproduce music extremely well. I get that, I really do, but to say the 10k-20k cable sounds measurably and audibly different to a quality cable us mere mortals would consider buying is simply confirmation bias or somebody justifying to themselves spending the money (cause it looks bad ass).
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