The difference is that the Bentley or a Rolex like mine for that matter, is jewelry. I know a $10 Timex is more accurate, but I don't care. My Rolex is the only piece of jewelry I own and that is just fine with me.
However, power cords are NOT jewelry, but they are being marketed and sold as if they were jewelry. Of course the owners of six inch thick interconnects may think they are jewelry, but nobody else who is not a hi-fi nut case does. Hey before you get upset, I am a hi-fi nut case too, lifelong ...
Yes, I know what you mean and agree to an extent. But some people buy jewelry or fine cars for them selves and others buy it to show off to others. One is for the ego, the other for self enjoyment and satisfaction.
I own a rare Swiss watch that is expensive and mostly completely unknown to the masses. Obviously I don’t care if anyone but me knows what it is or its value. A rare few might recognize it and say; wow that’s cool, where did you get it? I have it because it gives me personal enjoyment to own and no body else has one. It has absolutely nothing to do with recognition, if it did I would have bought another brand Swiss watch.
How do people show off their cables to others? Who knows what they are and who cares? If anything I try to hide what I spend on stuff because I don’t want people thinking I’m nuts. If I told my parents I spent $1800 on an AVA T7 SLR Preamp and then they look at it, they’d cut me out of their will thinking I’ve become completely irresponsible with my money. My wife? Lets not even go there!
However, when you sit with a slew of cables and roll through them and hear differences as significant as a tube roll or a similar component change, it becomes profound and justifiable. When the price exceeds what you can afford, or you just get carried away then you have a problem of some sort. Lots of people have problems, like this guy (
http://www.killsometime.com/video/Video.asp?ID=430 ); and they become victims. That’s life, right?
I just feel that the quality and texture of the sound I get with an MIT Shotgun Series-3 interconnect is better then a Radio Shack Gold+ cord. I own them both and the difference is significant in my opinion. Is it worth the money? Again, that’s a value judgment and is irrelevant to the question of; ‘is there a sonic difference?’ So is there something wrong with the Radio Shack cables? Apparently there is, according to your logic. I won’t argue that.
