@8th-note Some excellent points. Which is why I asked the OP, when is the price simply too high? Perhaps the answer is at a far higher price point than has been entertained by the industry so far. Question becomes what that price point is..and for what product? This led to my thread about some very pricey cables on the cable forum..and which segues into this thread.
@whart while it is true to say I have not heard the Orion speakers, I doubt many have, I don’t think this is a requirement to have an opinion on my OP. Even if these speakers are as RH reported in his review in The Absolute Sound, with all of the hyperbole being justified, the question can still be asked, and that is…at what price ( to some there may not be a price, although I have a somewhat hard time believing this, given the size and impression that the speaker makes) is a product priced out of the market…and the result will be an absolute failure for the manufacturer and dealer network. For example, if we use the Orion again, the price is set at $133k…which to most folks is not going to be palatable. But, and here’s the thing, what if the same speaker was priced at say ten times this number…does that do the trick and now result in essentially zero sales, or is it twenty times ( hopefully by now you are getting my drift). Or, is it that there is someone out there that just has to have this product..and the price (any price) is irrelevant.
My point is can the ability of the product ( in this case, my example of the Orion, as it had a rave up review) always justify its pricing, regardless of whatever that price is? A matter of value, but is it to some?