Yeah, it does need to be engineered, but by the governing bodies that wrote the spec. It's probably just shielded twisted pair wire. It shouldn't be this expensive, no matter what; the governing bodies aren't going to make a spec that requires $20/foot cable, because then the spec will never be adopted by consumers. It's also digital, so the quality of the wires don't really matter (as long as they're continuous and low resistance).
You probably buy Monster cables because they're "better" too...
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't sit on any hard drive. Those aluminum covers don't leave much space, and they're fairly flexible. They weren't designed to hold any weight.
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Yeah, it does need to be engineered, but by the governing bodies that wrote the spec. It's probably just shielded twisted pair wire. It shouldn't be this expensive, no matter what; the governing bodies aren't going to make a spec that requires $20/foot cable, because then the spec will never be adopted by consumers. It's also digital, so the quality of the wires don't really matter (as long as they're continuous and low resistance).
You probably buy Monster cables because they're "better" too...