Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?

Love highend audio everything i have gotten has been wonderful so far.If you know what your doing things should be a big sound improvement.

Definitely, I believe, the higher the priced component, the higher the expectations. I believe it because I’ve been there.

That said, there is usually rationale to the pricing, usually ends up with better components and build... if the price difference is relatively large.

Say $1000 amp vs a $50000 amp, for sure the $1000 does not have the parts that even come close to the $50000 amp.  That said, I doubt the difference between something $20,000 and something $35,000 is not as vast as two amps $1,000 and $15,000. 

I called Boulder Amps once, I was inquiring about the history of my 2060 (which I was purchasing at that time) as they have logged down the history of most of their equipment (turns out that Alon Wolf owned my 2060 prior).... anyway, I alerted them that there was a Boulder 1060 amp for sale for $10,000 on audiogon (retail is $25,000).

The engineer said, "Wow, that’s less than the parts cost from the supplier."

I proceeded to ask him what is the part cost for an amp - he says typically around 33% of what they are asking retail. FWIW.

After hearing Revel Ultima Salon, Talon Khorus and Wilson Sophia speakers, I realized that ultra high-end is ultra bull-end.

That's not ultra high-end.

If you buy everything 2nd hand, I've heard some Very good systems in the $10k to $15k range.  Are $100k plus systems better, yes.  Radically better, not really.  Contrary to some, I've found that every component, interconnect, and power cord makes a difference some more than others.