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Oh, to be a high end dealer for a year.

I love hifi. But high-end mystifies me. I can't help but think it's my lack of deep exposure.

I'd love to know if $100,000 amps matched to $100,000 speakers really sound so much better than the few-thousand dollar systems in my foreseeable future.

Is the worth of a quarter-million dollar system purely a function of sound quality, or some interaction between sound quality + one's idle disposable funds + time on one's hands?

And lordy, assuming they don't become the next Conrad Johnson, how do these companies that only produce a couple of high-road-to-nirvana-reviewed $50k-ish components fair in the short- and long-term, financially? Do they live long and prosper, and how? If not, are they cleaning up in their short stay, or losing their shirts to their dream?

I'll probably never know.
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mechans
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Clearly some high end companies have endured while others have not. I cannot even begin to explain what has kept companies like Gryphon, Wilson, Krell, and many others around in these times of economic contraction. I can only assume that there are enough people with money and an interest in this hobby to make this a reality.
Whether or not a mega expensive system sounds considerably better than a well assembled, moderately expensive system is purely in the mind of the beholder as it will always be.
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