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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)?

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Young folks are consuming audio in a very different way than their parents, and grandparents, do. I do not see a broad acceptance of component audio coming back into vogue. It will remain a diminishing niche market.

And IMHO ARC is no longer a proxy for the high-end, they have been bounced around by owners, on again, off again. Many perceive them as damaged goods at this point, rightly or wrongly.

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