I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do?

I have owned many speakers that msrp’d in the higher end brackets, never lost anything when I rotated them out. I buy such items used, etc or negotiate some cut even price with some dealer/others (helps if you know people). If you are not sure you will hang onto something for life/a long time, try and buy at a ’cut even’ price.

Spend the $30,000 used then use the $20,000 to feed A LOT of malnourished kids...

Hmm, indeed...., if he had a Mofi sourcepoint 888 ($5000) set up on high caliber electronics and some 50k speaker sounded a bit turdy thereafter (i.e., in audit comparison), there is a decent probability that $45,000 could make it to some unfortunate young lads.

MORE?????

The OP needs help making a decision; but, he'd be a fool to reveal the speaker that he's considering because someone more decisive could swoop in and buy the one that is currently on the used market. So, a tough mess to untangle.

Yeah right ...No such thing in the high end...it is always a buyers market and a desperate seller or dealer 

I guess the overriding concern that I have is that I think everyone knows speakers can be very overpriced and that’s really absurd.

Manufacturers create subpar speakers at lower price levels and tempt you to buy higher priced speakers that sound better. It’s a con game. They are taking advantage of the seductive nature of listening to things that sound really good to us. It’s affecting the part of the brain that lacks the good judgment when it comes to spending money.

Think about it, why are we being encouraged to spend $50,000 for the type of speakers we all should be listening to

Get the flagship product of a brand that typically produces affordable product. A lot of aptitude, care and devotion will typically go into such a product.

You get the bottom end (deliberately gimped end) of a thieving brand and what you’ve mentioned could be true. There are some exceptions where good things can trickle down, but, that’s relatively rare.

Please be considerate by not wasting our time.

What 'time' got wasted by the OP? We are mostly a bunch of semi retired/retired guys with deeper wallets, audio ocd and not a whole lot else going on in life...not too many Elon Musks around here working 18 hours a day right?