Is a $10,000 Rolex purchased to get a precise indication of time? (it is routinely 3-4 seconds off on a DAILY basis while a $ 100 quartz-powered watch is precise to a second a month).
Is Bugatti the fastest, best-handling car? Or is a "mundane" Porche 911 is all and above-all of what would get you there?
Is a $ 2,000 bottle of wine better than one at $ 200.00 ? Can you really taste the difference? (some can, and they make their living at it).
Will you take better photos using a $ 25,000 Leica S2 instead of a $ 1,000 D7000 ? Could you see the difference?
Will you catch more fish with a $ 4,000 Orvis fishing rod than with one that cost $ 300.00 ?
Now relate those examples to high-end audio. It is no different - only the snobby aspect remains.
If course high-end does get better as we pay more - but not always of course.
But past a certain point and dollar amount, it just depends on the gear-lust factor amd how buyers are motivated by it.
Is Bugatti the fastest, best-handling car? Or is a "mundane" Porche 911 is all and above-all of what would get you there?
Is a $ 2,000 bottle of wine better than one at $ 200.00 ? Can you really taste the difference? (some can, and they make their living at it).
Will you take better photos using a $ 25,000 Leica S2 instead of a $ 1,000 D7000 ? Could you see the difference?
Will you catch more fish with a $ 4,000 Orvis fishing rod than with one that cost $ 300.00 ?
Now relate those examples to high-end audio. It is no different - only the snobby aspect remains.
If course high-end does get better as we pay more - but not always of course.
But past a certain point and dollar amount, it just depends on the gear-lust factor amd how buyers are motivated by it.