Very few of these extremely priced pieces of equipment are sold relative to the rest. Egos Drive most of these sales. Sitting in a room with extremely high priced equipment is hard to resist for those who have the funds, and many people do have the funds for these expenditures. Many of them are very gullible souls.
The more seasoned and experienced listeners who really know what they’re doing can get the same Quality, and most often better, for considerably less.
YouTube channels are culprits in promoting this exceptionally high priced gear, which serves to only stretch prices in a manufacturers lower end models.
Even the Rich need to hold someone’s hand and there’s plenty of outreached hands.