The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is

If you were cheap enough to settle for the least expensive of the 4 Schweikert models for which he now provides the ULTRA internal wire upgrade, you would undoubtedly be quite pleased to know that the price for the upgrade is NOT $39K, but far less, something along the lines of only $15K.

mitch2 

The 39K usually disappears closer to the end of the marriage.

I'm seeing a new contender;
$15,000 to upgrade from gloss paint to veneer.
Any others ?

Not sure if this discussion will ever be conclusive - the only achievement is an opportunity to rant about how stupid it is to spend 39k on a wire upgrade when in view, perceived value is highly personal and subjective  - "cynicism is free", indeed, as someone said but so is stupidity and arrogance. But my point is who are we to judge? 

The 'audiophile' who has probably never spent more than 3-5k on his system will certainly find a 39k cable upgrade foolish. To each his own!

This post is just to discuss what all audiophiles know about-audiophoolery.