Usually when I hear a piece of good quality audio gear that I do not like AT ALL, it turns out something was damaged or not set up or working right. Most stuff is pretty good and worth the cost if one thinks so, as long as the whole system is assembled and set up well.
Accordingly, in general tend to think a lot of uber expensive gear that can only work well in a smaller room might be overpriced, but I don't hate it and generally that stuff should and does sound top notch as well, if done right as I mentioned above.