There is a lot of "Group Think" going on here in this "inner sanctum". If you can get so much for one pound of money, you can get twice as much for two pounds of money, is one example.
Since group think is responsible for a high rate of death during that time of year when the prevailing thought among lemmings is to jump off a cliff, I am not an advocate of "Group Think".
I spent a lot of time, effort, and truly taxed my brain to learn what I know about electronics, but now I can just throw it all out like dirty dishwater, because they have more adds (lies) in "Stereophile", especially regarding cable and fuses than you can shake a stick at, that make a flat out lie of all those electronic formulas I learned.
Now "group think" is trying to justify 100K amps, speakers, and cables; fuses are next. I would part with the left small part of my anatomy to be any kind of "Audiophile manufacturer" today. When you combine group think, and "snob appeal", the sky is not the limit for prices.