It is one of many examples of greedy business practices in the audiophile market, and naive customers who take this for granted because they have allowed themselves to be persuaded that normal technical rules of the game do not apply. As someone recently wrote: extortionate prices are a tax on ignorance.
THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS
I need a little black XLR junction box for a famous turntable......Two XLR jacks and a 4 pin jack 399.00 please....What is going on here, you can buy a whole amplifier for that ?? I offered a dealer 200.00 for one and he laughed at me......Are we the buyers going crazy paying that ????