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How much "more" for how much more $ ?

I know this may be a cliche question, but I was thinking about a new way to ask it. Even if I had infinite means, I'd still want to be cautious about how I invested in my audio enjoyment with respect to speaker purchases. Seems today like you can get a lot of serious bang for the buck in the 5-6K range, especially for an average-sized room. I'm just wondering what the extra 9K would buy you. Is it just more "hi-fi" or is it a serious upgrade in sound? Or could it be something as simple as the pleasure of exclusive ownership since these would be out of the range of what many people could afford.
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drdennis
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I think the law of diminishing returns applies. Combined with room size, you theoretically reach a point where it takes a larger incremental investment to achieve smaller improvements. I would doubt that a $25,000 turntable is five times better (measurably)than a $5,000 turntable.You might argue that it gives five times more pleasure because of subjective factors like pride of ownership, etc.
Just my 3 cents worth.
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