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Oneobgyn,

It isn't dishonest if you actually do use it to entertain business clients. In the world of private practice medicine you don't experience those kinds of things. In the world of business it is normal. I would wager at big investment firms you see 40+ million dollar write offs, not $40 thousand.... Such as jets, yachts, etc. Don't get upset with me for making you aware of it. People have been doing it for decades.

Why should I be ashamed? I don't write off my equipment as a business expense... I don't do dishonest things with my money. Telling me I should be ashamed for posting what I posted is like telling a comedy fiction writer to be ashamed for writing a book of jokes and selling it.

You better believe if I start a business and use my home theater as a part of the business, that I would 100% write off any new equipment I buy for the room. At that point it would be a part of my business (it is not right now, so I haven't written anything off) and as such I would be stupid for not using my American "right" to write it off as an expense.... It would be well within my legal rights.

Are $40,000 speakers really any better than a good pair of $15000 speakers?

If you are going to spend this sort of money you probably need to look at active speakers like the SGR Octagons.At least these include amplification and crossovers specifically tuned to, and aimed at, getting the optimal performance out of the drivers and boxes.Anything else is shooting in the dark.

Many experienced audiophiles see the QUAD 2905 as a benchmark for a speaker that is as good as it gets.Anything else might be different but not necessarily better.All speakers have their own set of strengths and weaknesses and spending more money past a certain point is arguably just an exercise in showing off,being a consumer victim who falls for the con that more is better, or feeding some sort of ego driven delusion.

I know somebody who spent over $100,000 on speakers only to go back to a pair of simple full range drivers-because he came to the realisation that more is not always better and increasing complexity typically comes with a cost of lack of cohesion and purity.

Hmmmm,at those dallors,why don't you sell all your equipment and hire a live band to entertain you?

Are $40,000 speakers really any better than a good pair of $15000 speakers?

The $28,000 Watt Puppy 8 speakers are certainly better sounding than the Wilson Sophia 2s ($16,000) and [b]a lot[/b] better sounding than the B&W 802Ds ($12,000), at least to my ears.... Likewise the Sophia 2s are better than the 802Ds to my ears also, but it could also be that I much prefer the transparency and detail that the Wilson midrange offers compared to a lot of other speakers.

And the Vandersteen 5A sounds better than both Wilson & BW.