High-end amplifier clarification?


At what point do you consider an amplifier high-end? And, why? What is a good example of a non-high end amp that just misses being high-end? Also, what is an example of an amplifier that just makes it into your high-end rankings?
ska_man
Wolf,
Quite to the contrary, I truly appreciate good humor... when it's good. What he wrote there wasn't funny, and didn't even make sense.
i suspect that high end is a qualitative concept based upon a price threshold. that is at some price point a component is considered high-end. i'm not sure what that is.

on another note, the poster who listed the brand names of some high-end tube manufacturers, left our aesthtix, conrad johnson, audio note, lamm, navison and others.
55% of annual gross income. And you have to buy it new from a retailer that is not a demo/floor model. Even better, special order makes it special high end.
The high end amplifier is the one that blends into your system to the point that it vanishes, calling no attention to itself.