I your buying because of price only?
That does not make sense unless you know those components will work in your system to your satisfaction.
Krell, MBL, Levinson, et al... What if 50% off?
Lot of talk about the death of high end audio, which is warranted. But is it just about price?
What if a Krell K-300i was $4000 with DAC and not $8000 - would you buy it? The i800 monblocks were $40,000 not $73,000? Would they sell 4x as many?
What if an MBL 100 MkII speakers were $45,000 and not $95,000 and could be paired with their digital streamer for $6,000 not $11,000 and N15 mono amps for $7500 ea instead of $21,000... that gives you a state of the art digital system for $66,000 instead of $150,000.
Is that the answer, or is it something deeper (system is still big, requires a big room, space from the walls, looks odd, etc)?