Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money?

I can care less what others spend, although on the other hand I do think that some of the things people fancy are way way too expensive for the very minor increase (if any) In sound quality. If someone thinks that gaining maybe 1 or 2 percent is worth spending thousands more than a product that is more affordable, then go right ahead. Me, I look for the products that provide the best bang for the buck. Products I do not have to get a 2nd mortgage to afford. 

It’s not so much that they care, it is more likely that they think its obsurd....and I’d have to agree that in most cases it is.....there does exist a law of diminishing returns. To pay thousands and thousands more to get a lousy 1 to 3 percent increase in "better" (subjective) sound is Lunacy....a lot of it is based on huge over inflated Egos, and trying to "keep up with the Joneses", rather than the pursuit of a qualitative increase in sound. JMO, don't kill me.