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Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?

I'm talking $50,000 and higher amps, speakers, cablesetc. I know there is excellent sounding gear from $100 to infinity (much is system dependent, room, etc). However, just curious if someone made the leap and deep down realize the "expected" sound quality jump was not as much as the price jump. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to make that jump. However, looking at another forum's thread about price point of diminishing returns got me wondering if anyone had buyers remorse. It's not easy to just "flip" a super high priced component. 
aberyclark
joey_v
667 posts
 
People who are really up in rarified air don't take the time to post on audiogon.  ON the other hand, we (here on audiogon) are a group made of individuals who place importance on value at their respective price points/budgets. 


whatjd
1,139 posts
 
No regrets from my higher end Hi-Fi experences/purchases.  
whatjd
1,139 posts
 
joey_v, you need to read your own post to find the fault in it.  
pokey77
1,269 posts
 
@jond 

Yep, "believe yourself. And your ears." After all, you are the one who will  pay your hard-earned $$ for that high end rig. And of course you'll be the one listening to it so you might as well buy something you really like. 
bmontani
193 posts
 
I don't know if what I have is super high end, I have about 75k in my system but I have to say for me it is worth every penny.  I am very happy with the sound.  Most of my equipment is used from Audiogon and US Audiomart so if you purchased it at full retail it would probably be worth closer to 125K to 150K but no regrets.  It sounds just amazing.  Like many of the people who responded, there are diminishing returns.  To get an incremental improvement it might cost significantly more but if you have the scratch and love the hobby, it is worth it in my opinion.
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