Its a psychological effect. People will not feel good on a $300 pre amp or $2000 amplifier. Let alone a $5000 pair of speakers. If people hv the money, $100k means nothing to them. I've enjoyed my system and enjoy the hobby. I always have the conscious of the law of diminishing returns. A $100k system will sound better than a $10k system and we probably could alll agree: but will it sound 10x better? Probably not.
For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.
Do you think, in retrospect, that you could have gotten better sound quality out of your sound system with much less money spend. Do you have any regrets for spending huge amount of $$$? If you can start all over again, what would be different this time around? Let’s talk about electronics only and not room improvement for now. I know they go together, but the subject becomes very broad - assume your room is near perfect for sound reproduction.
P.S. Mike Levine, please don't shy away from the subject.