Do audiophiles creat the high prices we complain about.

@2psyop I shop budget h-fi. I cannot afford the top of the line stuff. 

And then there is the line of thought that suggests that one may be too poor to buy cheap things.

This might start to make sense if you have ever bought something cheap and it breaks or fails in some manner on account of inadequate quality control, materials or whatever. 

And then you have to buy another to replace it and you end up spending more money than if you had purchased the better quality and slightly more expensive item in the first place...Grrr!

Sometimes also known as false economy.

This has nothing to do with premium name brands or ,$25,000 speakers, so I digress.

Yes.

But exactly who is complaining and why (bearing in mind that the market segment you are referring to is perhaps dominated by folks desirous of veblen goods).