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I am quite surprised about how much is actually being sold.  Last weekend, I went to a dealer that was doing a demonstration of the $200,000 ClearAudio turntable/arm/cartridge combination.  The US distributor and ClearAudio representatives from Germany were there.  In talking with the store owner, I asked if he ever expects to sell even one table.  He said he doesn't know, but, he is pretty certain that two customers will buy the linear tracking tonearm that was on that table (TT-1) and can be mounted on lower-priced models, such as the ClearAudio Master.  That arm costs something like $30,000.  

The USA has the greatest income inequalities in the world,save Brazil.
 The top 10% have 90% of the total wealth ,thats over 30 million people .

Inequalities exist in a democracy.  Not everyone is going to be rich.  It's in more or less equilibrium.  It is what it is.  Got something better?

One thing to keep in mind is, these high end manufacturers are selling to a world market. I know of one who told me  his best customers are in Brazil. Take a look at Magnepan's ads in the magazines ... "Made in America, sold in China." With emerging economies comes disposable income. Then there are the ultra-wealthy oligarchs in Russia, China ... and more. 

Curious if anyone actually knows any sales figures for 12k - 97k amps