Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid?

To be clear, take retail price of a very expensive components and put them together with out much thought vs. buying equipment that is great value, get it used and then spend time researching and experimenting  to make sure the components have synergy together and then do some upgrades like replacing capacitors.  This takes time, years.  What do you think the price difference would be.  My main point is there is a large variance across systems in terms of performance vs price.

There are large variances. One speaker company changed its signature and it’s high end speakers just dont get it done anymore  

@elizabeth 

eric_squires sez' " So we can infer " No, you cannot make those leaps. Sorry to bust you poor logic, but trying to put those words into my discussion? Not gonna happen.

Well, that was your opportunity to explain why the inference doesn't work. 

calvinj
Best I ever heard in my life. Sounded so good I don’t want to hear it again. They had to put me out I wanted to stay so long. Intoxicating, airy, great detail, no harshness, perfect soundstage big, great image placement, airy highs, open wide midrange, deep tight low bass. Granted this was an all out assault system worth about 600k retail. But it is the best I heard and I heard it in extended sesssions on 3 occasions. That kind of reference point is priceless in the hobby. Showed me what reproduction was possible of. The sound is in my head so when I listen it’s locked in. Now can you get that out of a 60k system I doubt It. I have a system 35k retail and I have heard systems all over. Mines is put together pretty good and I have heard systems that cost 60 to 70k that mines will run with but after that if you get the right equipment and set up my system can’t run past that amount. The proper high end stuff is just that good and some folks have no idea.

>>>>That’ll do til something better comes along. 🤭