I think there is a product that everyone is comfortable with at their price & means. Mostly likely there will be a difference, but it's a difference you won't be able to tell unless you A B compare it. If so, trying to find out the difference is moot, if you are not going to consider it. I apologize if you are, but most people do not have such a large price gap range between the products they have in consideration. Such is with our hobby, audial differentiation is so much more difficult to pick up than let says visual differentiation.
The Hailey uses high-grade raw materials, top-tier crossover parts, skilled U.S. labor, and state-of-the-art milling and turning equipment to make its products, all of which carry considerable costs. The $47K Hailey, as expensive as it is, represents significant trickle-down-availability of almost all of the engineering features that were formerly only found in the company’s upper models.
Here is also something else to think about, just a fun exercise. Monitor Audio PL 500 II Platinum Series, I think their top-of-the-line speaker, costs about $35K. You can buy a used Hailey, about the same price as well. How about that?