Be honest please

The operative word is "bragging" that triggers a certain response.
Bragging high or low is rarely an admired trait by third party witnesses to the said bragging.

Why?

(1) Taters nailed it. As in life in general, you invariably only get what you pay for.... Full stop.

(2) Then those certain types publicly "bragging" in open forum about throwing around nickels like they are manhole covers, and extending the bragging further with their solely anecdotal heavily biased personal value judgements about how great the gear performs vis-a-vis today's equipment; won't garner much support IMO. Would they repeat their dumpster diving bragging using their real names and direct contact information instead of hiding behind that central plank of anonymity provided by the forum pseudonyms..... Hmmm.... Dunno..... but I doubt it.

"...11-14-15: Dayglow
John421-If that gear(NAD/JVC) is enough for you, that's great. For most of us on Agon we value sound quality over cost..."

Nailed it!

That's why there are three distinct strata of gear in this hobby:
Low-fi, mid-fi and hi-fi, and we all have choices as to where we choose to be.

I don't care where one chooses to dwell...good luck to everybody

BUT.... And it's a big "but".....

"bragging" or "chirping" about

(A) espousing one's heavily biased anecdotal merits about their race to the bottom

AND/OR ESPECIALLY

(B) anonymous pontification about equating the said cast-off bargain-basement pick-ups to quality-build gear performance wise or questioning the merits of why others choose hi-end quality gear and correlated price outlay

Is, simply put, (politely) hardly a badge of honour , or (bluntly) irritating.