AUDIO PRICE INSANITY PRICE VS. PERFORMANCE WORTH IT?

I think there can be a direct relationship between price and SQ, although it is neither absolute nor linear. Synergistic factors seem to exist and appear to be more important than the total spent. After reading many, many Agon posts I note that there are some folks who inhabit two opposite ends of the spectrum; the folks who think the people spending big money are crazy and the folks who think spending smaller sums is not truly "hi-fi." I find both of these extremes unreasonable positions. How another person legally spends their money, less or more, in pursuit of their passion does not concern me.