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


I'm talking $50,000 and higher amps, speakers, cablesetc. I know there is excellent sounding gear from $100 to infinity (much is system dependent, room, etc). However, just curious if someone made the leap and deep down realize the "expected" sound quality jump was not as much as the price jump. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to make that jump. However, looking at another forum's thread about price point of diminishing returns got me wondering if anyone had buyers remorse. It's not easy to just "flip" a super high priced component. 
aberyclark
If I can be so bold those posts just preceding this one are not so much arguments as they are marketing monologues. Furthermore, it’s rather odd that you would brag about parts upgrade since there is probably no one who would disagree with that or think it outrageous. What I’m am referring to, by contrast, are issues that are not (rpt not) oft discussed, if ever. And I don’t even have to broach the very difficult and user unfriendly subjects on which a lot of my products are based since those unspeakable issues are beyond the scope of this forum. But there are certainly enough issues that ARE accessible and not too far out, as I just got through describing. 
Creating sound&vision is for me so much more easy than writting it in words. Many of my clienst and new clienst always say; this is not even possible to discribe to understand it.

That is why there is only one option. This is to demo it, and that is our new goal in 2018. We think it will create a lot of new options for many people.


That’s nice but just saying that is just more marketing fluff. Where’s the argument? Where’s the meat? 🍔 For a glimpse of what I’m talking about when I talk about retrieval of INFORMATION during playback take a gander at my white paper, “What’s Wrong with CDs and Why do They Sound so Horrible?”

first parapgraph:
“Have you ever asked yourself why CDs often sound thin, undynamic, threadbare, hollow, tinny, bass shy, whimpy, rolled off, jangly, radio like, congealed, generic, uninspiring, airless and discombobulated? Here we look at some fundamental problems inherent with CD playback that might help explain why CDs frequently sound horrible.”


When you control the mail you control ..... information. - Newman

geoff kait
Machina Dynamica
Advanced Audio Concepts
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I think my Zenith Allegro sounds pretty good for the $50K I paid. Just sayin'.