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Jason-
	Actually I had looked at more expensive cables, but they really don't make any difference at all with my current
equipment.  Once you start breaking the $7000 barrier, you might want to invest in the better cables;  I would recommend
bettercables.com, since they custom make cables that are excellent and often beat even the highest end stuff. 

My personal opinion, and that of most EEs and HT Professional installers I have talked with (at least the ones who weren't
trying to sell me a $250 optical cable) is that after about $100 a cable (short lengths, of course) it really doesn't make any
difference at all.

If I ever tried to buy a pair of $24K speakers, my wife would remove my lungs with a chainsaw.  $24K on a whole HT setup, well
now you're talking.

-Matt



Jason Kau <jkau@vulture.cnd.gatech.edu> wrote:
: Matt Stryker <gt6979b@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
:> Best Buy had their mid-end S-Video cables on sale when I was there on 
:> Tuesday;  unfortunately I was looking for component cables, and those
:> were DEFINITELY NOT on sale.  $69 for 6 feet of cable? 

: You've clearly never encountered high-end audio/video cable prices:

: How about a 2 meter component video cable for $695?
: http://www.audioadvisor.com/product.cfm?productid=3634

: How about a pair of 8 foot speaker cables for $2,000?
: http://www.audioadvisor.com/product.cfm?productid=2868

: How about an 8 foot 3-prong power cord for $520?
: http://www.audioadvisor.com/product.cfm?productid=1292

: Paying these prices for cables is pretty silly in my opinion but
: many people believe they can perceive a difference (but inevitably fail
: double-blind tests).  If you're going to buy a pair of $24,000 speakers (I
: listened to a pair this past weekend), you'd probably have no qualms
: laying out at least a couple thounsand for your interconnects and speaker
: cable.

: -- 
: Jason Kau
: Georgia Tech Research Institute
: jason.kau@gtri.gatech.edu

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