So is there no middle ground between yea and naysayers?

[skeptic]

Hey gonefishin, catch anything? I hear the Rischs were biting big time and could put up quite a fight.

[pctower]

"Other than me and possibly E-stat (who only started posting here recently), can you name any other person who posts here who has "hundreds of dollars" invested in cable? I didn't realize that I alone had the power to be the main person driving the conversation here. Thank you for the huge boost to my EGO. It was in sore need of reinforcement."

Before you get too smug PC, I would remind you that prior to Woodman revealing him as a racist and his subsequent departure, Jameson Davenport Briggs III likely had more money tied up in cables at the Caribou Compound in Maine than you have invested in your entire sound system. A thirty thousand dollar turntable didn't mean spit to him. As America's number one audiophile, money was no object and only the finest would do. People with that much money and that much interest eat Vandersteen V speakers and Rolland amplifiers for lunch. To them those are the equivalent of a table radio to the average person. So beware. No matter what you own, how much you've invested in it, or how great you think it is, there is always someone out there who makes your prized possessions look and feel like Salvation Army Store rejects.

Oh my. I totally overlooked the esteemed Mr. Briggs III. Thanks for bringing be back down to reality.

Not only does he set a standard to which mere mortals could never hope to aspire, I hesitate to get crosswise with anyone who lives in a "Compound".

[trollgirl]

Before you get too smug PC, I would remind you that prior to Woodman revealing him as a racist and his subsequent departure, Jameson Davenport Briggs III likely had more money tied up in cables at the Caribou Compound in Maine than you have invested in your entire sound system. A thirty thousand dollar turntable didn't mean spit to him. As America's number one audiophile, money was no object and only the finest would do. [/QUOTE]

I don't remember him ever claiming to be number one, only one of the top four or five, if memory serves. I really don't think he existed, except as some troll's alter ego. Hell, the man could not even spell consistently!

Lazarus Short, the 147,825th top audiophile in the country...

[mtrycraft]

Interesting speculation. My dealer charges no restocking fees and since they are a ten minute drive away, there are no shipping costs.

rw

Not speculation at all and it doesn't require DBT, just reports from the many customers who did pay restocing fees shipping charges, etc. Consider yourself lucky. Oh, I guess your time is free. How about doing me a favor then.

[okiemax]

What restocking fee? I don't pay restocking fees for returning new cables, and I am not aware of any online seller who charges such a fee. The shipping expense is a small price for me to pay for the fun of trying different cables. If it were your time and money, you would have reason to complain, but since it's not, you don't. If you bought and returned a few cables, you would have cause to gripe. You also would have an answer for those who fault naysayers for never trying anything. Whoops, I'm starting to do the same thing I blast you for doing.