When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better?

I'm guessing the chassis can also make a difference in sound, less vibration. 

A lot of the high priced amps do have a better build quality than stuff like Schitt, not that Schitt is bad gear, but they can't price it low and have the build quality of a Dan D'Agostino amp, and I'm not just talking about the difference in the chassis it's the whole amp that's built and designed better.

@wolfie62 

so, you are saying that maybe I should choose a company and buy their least expensive amp and it should perform as good as their most expensive amp?

@urbie 

There are plenty of stereo amps that sound better than monoblocks.

I'll bet a $40,000 stereo amp would sound better than monoblocks that cost half as much combined was my point.

@jl35 

Sorry that post was meant for raymundo75

@jl35 

Why $1,000 why not $500 or better yet $200. These are just arbitrary numbers that have no meaning.

This hobby is no different than any other, if your into drag racing it cost a lot more money to make your car a few seconds faster, after that it will cost a lot more to just shave a few tenths of a second. Some people are just happy with a car that can break the 10 second mark, others want to break the seven second mark.

@mofojo 

Do you really think people buying $40,000 amps have to deal with small audio rooms?

@jpsreno 

I agree with you on the custom built stuff by the small manufacturers, the guy I use will ask all the questions including what type of music you listen to, what type of sound you prefer, and what equipment and speakers will you be using with whatever it is you are ordering from him.

@mofojo 

So it's okay to spend just under $20,000 for amplifiers, but $40,000 that's too much, some people think $2,000 is too much.

Some people would say the same thing about the difference between a $5,000 and a $500 amp, or some might say a $40,000 amp doesn't compare to a $150,000 amp.