Quote Originally Posted by Monstrous Mike
I'm willing to bet that I could sell all your cabling, replace it with modestly priced stuff (assuming you have a sum of money invested in your cabling), and use the difference to improve your room acoustics which in turn would improve the sound of your system. That's the entire point of my original post.

BTW, I am not as dedicated to this hobby as you are (well at least in the financial aspect of the equipment, I am very involved in listening to and playing music being in a band) . You sometimes seem to imply I cannot possibly know or comment on these things since I don't have the high end stuff. I don't even have the acoustically treated room (which would be my first financial investment). Well, I suppose I presume to know more because I have a couple of degrees so I guess we cancel out there.

As for the time and effort I put into discussing these things, keep in mind that it is not just about audio. I am very interested in how people decide what they do or buy what they do. Plus it keeps my writing and debating skills up to speed. And also in general, I am not a fan of quackery. Psychic hot lines almost bankrupt my grandmother and the callousness of the these quacks is shocking (i.e. when my sister and I investigated where all our inheritance was going).

Audio is different in that most of it is not snake oil. But the pursuit of excellence in audio reproduction does set up an environment where people will purchase based on emotions and this tends to cloud judgement. So I feel audio is a fertile ground for dubious products although it appears on a small percentage are intense about this hobby and their claims about their system performance.

So I think our objectives are similar and our intent is good. You wish to help others find audio nirvana and I wish to aid people to head for the actual nirvana and not bankruptcy.

Like was said recently on CSI: "The evidence doesn't take sides."
Geez Mike. You wanted to see discussion of speakers and room accoustics. He have you what you wanted. And you just wanted to bring it right back to the same old, tired ranting about cables. True colors shown perhaps? Talk is cheap.