Value and common sense are not virtues of those with the money to buy such cables.

NBS has a chart on thier site. If You have "X" dollars in a system, the cables MUST cost "X" amount. I mean something to the tune of, If your system costs $25k you MUST spend $5k+ on cables...and it gets worse.

I read the guy from "Empire audio" said "Interconnects don't even sound good under $500 a pair"

Expensive cables are not just overkill, they are an ego-placating device. It's like a genital compensation. Your own isn't thick enough, so you buy a substitute to brag about...that kind of thing.

There is only so much a cable can compensate for, and once you go past a certain price I am convinced the cable is a psychological crutch more than a true audio boon.

Again, those that can afford it don't care one way or another. It's just those that feel that is necessary that kind of creep me out.

"Explain again why you need a $20,000 piece of WIRE?"