New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000

I suppose D'Agostino components style in appearance appeals to those who would like something a bit flashy, different and racy  (like a Ferrari sports car) so as to justify the expensive cost.  While on the otherside of the coin in regard to creme de la creme HiFi you have the Naim Statement, (Pre & Power amps) which look huge, dark and solid engineered components, giving off a perception of utter seriousness, power and precision.  The customers I suspect in both above brands will be from Russia, Asia, Arabia (who already own our top two football clubs in UK) and USA.  Also our footballers from the Premiere league could easily afford such High end brands on atleast two weekly basis but I suspect they would not be interested in such specific HiFi. 

And it can charge your Tesla at the same time.

A pair of 400 amp arc welders that will work in an emergency as boat anchors! Human folly reaches ever higher!

I’ve written a lot around this trend in pricing lately. I feel it greatly damages the hobby, and has resulted in all manner of things such as the hollowing out of the rank of audiophiles.

That said, now that I’m living in Vancouver, I have no doubt he’ll sell them easily. Folks here lionize conspicuous consumption. In the several years I’ve spent time here, the sheer number of expensive cars (and whatever other luxury item you can imagine) has taken me aback. I can’t tell you how many of these brand new cars get repainted immediately (often before initial delivery), along with a lot of other customization. By this I mean, you take a $150K - $500K car, and immediately have it painted it a different color to suit you. I’ve asked a few people about it, and their answer is always, "Oh, well they did have 3 blues available. But none that I liked. So, I just ordered it in white / grey / black, and had it done up as I wanted."

Along the lines of the vast wealth of this clientele, a manufacturer of very high-end turntables was a part of my audio group back in Philadelphia. He could only produce 6 tables a year, and had an 18 month waiting list. We figured raising prices would give him a bit of breathing room. In fact, it produced EXACTLY the opposite result. Today, the turntables now cost more than 4X as much, and the demand has risen a good deal more than it was a decade ago