Are more expensive speakers better?

Don't waste your money on speakers. Save it for expensive cables instead. The cable manufacturers will be glad you did...

More expensive advice is always better. Send us money, and we'll give you a better answer.

Are expensive cars always better ? Not if your requirement is that it have a wheel at each corner and get you where you're going to.

It depends on your requirements.

No! It's completely based on what sounds best to you.

Instant gratification enters high end audio.

Lots of the threads you mention are from people who don't care about the sound enough to go to a reputable dealer; listen, borrow the speakers, set them up in their room, listen to them, and make an independant decision without the help of a magazine reviewer or audio buddy to hold their hand and tell them what they are hearing.

How does anybody know what your sonic values are, what you listen to, how your room is set up and decorated, what your other equiment is, and what YOU want it to sound like when you are done.

To thine own ears be true.

Your opinion, based on your research is the ONLY one that counts. There are lots of great products out there at most every price point that can give you what you want. And none of this involves the opinion of someone in ____________________ (fill in the name of your favorite obscure city)