New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000

This thread is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.  Most people in the world have trouble getting enough to eat, forget about buying a high-end stereo or even a car.  So if ultra high-end stereo offends you, take a look in the mirror and realize that you are in the 1% on a global basis.  What you spend on audio gear is just as offensive.  I say live and let live.  Let the rich buy their $250,000 amps, you own your car, nice house and high-end system without guilt and do something to end poverty.  Pointing fingers at others does no one any good, as Bob Dylan learned a long time ago.

tomcy6, my I ask, respectfully, what you are referring to about Dylan here?

We as audiophiles/ "audiophools" are all on the endless quest trying to accomplish the one and only one thing that can never be attained. That is true high fidelity to be absolutely true to the original recording. 
So I pose this question did Dan achieve that benchmark with these almost 500 lb beasts? Or was it more so a genitalia measuring contest? 

With all due respect to those who feel that R&D and opulence in design is damaging high end audio my experience is the opposite more often than not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piutEtuAfGo

The strong points of any design eventually cycle down to be used by other manufactures to benefit yet another available parameter that some may find an important consideration in their own systems minus the celebrity and the polish. This cycle is driven by a small affluent market. Without that market how does one finance the time and R&D that goes into such a product.

Its nice to see someone at this point in their life regroup and become the center of attention no matter how fleeting. Way to go!

I think audiophiles often simply want things that sound good to them, as really, there is no standard (what do these amps do in the quarter mile? 0 to 60?). I think D’Agostino’s "wrist watch meets steam punk" gear looks amazing, likely sounds fine, and like every other mega buck product is often met with a resounding "meh" when contemplated by the proletariat, who just might own a pile of some well sorted unpretentious music reproduction gear that puts coherent sound into the air to provide a treat for your earballs and addled brain.