Cables for a simple system

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I’ve amused myself this evening by trying to find the most expensive cables for a preamp and a power amplifier

First of all two power cables:

Two Bingo Bongo power cables: €72,000

XLR Interconnects: Jolly Good Crown interconnect 3m: €60,500 x 2 = €121,000

Loudspeaker cable: Even Better Speak loudspeaker cable (ONE) Five metres long: €87,725 x 2 = €175,450

That amounts to €368,450

Obviously I’ve made up the manufacturer’s names because I don’t want to upset Richard.

These prices make the Lumina range look inexpensive

Discuss…

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I would say Marketing.
There’s a limit on ( notable) gains. Over that is … luxury

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Crystal cables I presume.

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I’d be interested to know what electronics they are known with. Not many boxes cost more than the cables.

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At the back. Not really great set up cables care, specially with such expensive cables.

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Magico, Avant-garde amps, DCS, crystal cables

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While researching amplifiers a while back, I downloaded and read the manual for a Pass Labs amp.
Nelson Pass was featured in quite a bit of the manual, and at one pont he covered the quality of the connecting cables.
He said: The connecting cables should be of good quality, but they shouldn’t cost more than the amplifier.

I always thought this to be sage advice. I recently purchased a Hi-line to connect my NDS/SN2, and it cost far less than either piece.

Dave

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Actually not, Crystal cables are roughly one tenth of these prices…

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For that price my vote is MIT for the speaker cable. Not an audio cable, rather an audio interface, apparently. You do get a box of electronics in the middle of the wire though…

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:+1:

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Don’t get sweetie started guys!

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Too funny. A work colleague and I play the same game and maintain a list of the most ridiculous prices we find over time. You have left out ethernet cable … there’s some good examples in that category

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Hand assembled from individual molecules?
Or perhaps the strands are hand chiseled from a massive block (of silver?) instead of drawn?

Just wondering what would warrant such prices.

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This smacks of putting a sports exhaust costing £45,000 on a VW Golf Gti…

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You beat me here Mikey . Apart on 2 expensive power cables, my other cables cost less than Superlumina :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::face_with_thermometer:

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