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

Synergy definitely doesn’t mean what you think it means. In any case, based upon what actual personal ownership experience are you making such generic ignorant statements?

I’m still not quite sure what people who have never actually owned $50k plus components are doing in this thread.

@bar81 

Because if if it were only people who spent more than 50k per component, this thread would be a barren desolate place.

Even I don’t own a $50k component.

@joey_v 

Fair enough.  But then again I'm sure the OP knew what he was getting into by asking a question with such a limited scope.

analogluvr,  Would you tell us what components would make up that killer $5k system?  That's not a hostile question, just curious.

"The Jeff is Jeffrey Fritz Editor-in-Chief of SoundStage. After several years he’s looking to downgrade from a seriously expensive system. . . .  The fact that he’s concluded that the ultra expensive system isn’t worth it, sure makes me think!"

This is a false characterization.  

http://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/features-menu/opinion-menu/739-jeffs-getting-a-new-stereo-s...

Jeff did not conclude this at all. He made clear that he was downsizing his system  for family obligation reasons, and that that gave him an excuse to focus on a higher value for money point on the cost curve -- to see what fraction of the sound quality of his big system he could achieve for a small fraction of the price of that big system.

PS: I give Jeff a lot of credit for rejecting the long term equipment "loan" regime in which many reviewers indulge.