Everyone is talking about how this is a waste of money, but as far as we know satisfaction is a logarithmic function of wealth (which implies that a certain percent change in wealth has equal effects on happiness at all points on the scale) so for someone with enough money this is like getting whipped cream on your latte. To quantify it, this is about 10,000 times as expensive as adding whipped cream at Starbucks, and the US median savings is $5,000, so to someone with $50,000,000 this cable is like the whipped cream.
(Not to ruin the fun but this is also about the cost of saving a life in Africa according to GiveWell, so do with that what you will.)
Bad comparison, the whipped cream actually serves a purpose not just a perceived purpose, Snake oil <> a treat. There is nothing wrong with buying nice or expensive things, but being lied to and ripped off, I take issue with that.
True but not $5939 per meter nicer, there are cables just as nice if not better for far less. But most importantly people aren't buying these for their looks but for the false performance claims.
That is the problem I am pointing out, that is totally relative to how much money you have. After a certain point the actually nice stuff you can buy runs out and you are left going for slightly nicer looking audio cables.
What about the other 83 miles of cable between you and the power station, when would the audiophile pay some attention to that as well as the last 3 feet?
At being stupid enough to spend this sort of money on those cables, instead of spending it on something you might actually have a possible chance of hearing.
It actually shows how people are excited to buy new stuff even if it is purely decorative and they would be better off if they did not buy it.
These audiophile companies are creating an artificial need in the most obvious way possible. Insert an intrusive thought like "your audio equipment sucks because of X" and a rich person may consider the peace of mind more valuable than the money he is spending.
There are enough people over the $10M line that I am not sure these things need any explanation. If you were at Costco and saw one product being sold for $0.01, another being sold for $0.001 and another for $0.003, would you spend any time thinking about the price at all?
(Not to ruin the fun but this is also about the cost of saving a life in Africa according to GiveWell, so do with that what you will.)