[Phantom Lord]

I have to disagree. A "true audiophile" knows that Monster cables are a rip off, so paying even more than that would just make them an idiot.

And I will have to disagree with you. Many an audiophile has no problem paying $50 to $100 a foot for speaker wire. Let alone $1,000 for an HDMI, RCA, or other cable.

[vrwc1]

Just because someone calls themself an audiophile and throws down tons of money on speaker cable doesn't make them a "true audiophile". As I said, a "true audiophile" knows that paying $50 to $100 a foot for speaker wire is idiotic...might as well light your money on fire. Double blind comparison tests have proven there is no discernable difference between overpriced wire and cheap lamp cord, or even coat hangers!

"True audiophiles" know this. Wannabe audiophiles throw away money needlessly on overpriced cables.

[coloradan]

And that’s totally stupid. It’s reasonable to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on cable ... when it’s low-loss microwave cable used in the 20 GHz and above frequency range. The idea that 20 kHz or even 100 kHz signals give a damn about conductor geometry, transmission line impedance, the orientation of copper grains, etc, is just so much BS. The frequency is a million times lower, and the audio cables are even more expensive than good microwave coax. It’s like paying $1000 for a bottle of water, because the $100 bottles of water leave you unsatisfied (to say nothing of distilled water, $1.39/gallon at King Soopers).

It’s nothing more than charging ignorant people money for their vanity. (Which, come to think of it, might be a good thing.)