Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid?

There you go again with the post envy.  You should get that taken care of. 

Hearing the really top end stuff in my experience only allows you to better judge what you consider to be great sound.
 The more varied your experience the greater the depth of knowledge you can draw upon.
 Some very expensive gear I’ve heard was exploring unorthodox technologies that although expensive did not seem to me to be as successful as the cost warranted.

Calvin: When I say the best I mean what I actually mean those pieces that are supposed to be really great based on the reviewers and the industry guys that supposedly say they are.

"supposed to be really great," and "that supposedly say they are."

Best is quantitatively finite, it is not subjectively infinite, which is why it’s an oxymoron with regard to music reproduction equipment, as I said earlier. And, who cares what those so-called reviewers and industry guys think, anyway?

We’re the ones with the ears, and the bux they want.

I took my wife to her first audio show last year.  The third system was the von Schweikert/VAC/Kronos at $1.4 million.  That's the system she wanted after a 20 minute session.  Four others competed at a lower level from $20K to $150K.  Most left her running from the room or bored (about 40 other systems).  Listening to the best actually spoiled her appreciation for what I have, which is similar to the other four rooms, very musical, not as resolving/soundstaging/dynamic as the $1.4 million system.  She's so critical now when it comes to her rock albums (which I point out are not all audiophile quality).  So, I let her play her rock in a lesser revealing system with more feedback and warmer sound which she prefers.  She does like classical and jazz on my better system though.

As far as Raidho sounding cold. Once again it was not put together properly. High priced equipment is not the only yardstick. Room, amplification, cabling, source etc make a huge difference. That’s why if you paid attention to what I was saying in the post tha DAVE BASKIN WAS EXPERIENCED AT HIS CRAFT. He knew how to properly match things. He knew how to position his equipment and soundproof his listening enviorment. Any high end speaker can sound like crap if you don’t properly match it with the proper source, cabling, amplification and listening enviorment. As far as lack,of knowledge is concerned you don’t know me and I wouldn’t tell you you have a lack of knowledge. Whatever, anyway I didn’t just go to a show and listen to the equipment I mentioned. I either owned, had long term monthly demos in my listening enviorment or went to listen them on multiple occasions in other people’s systems. I’m just saying if you have not done what I have done at least I’m probably less apt to listen to you. I want people that have tried the whole spectrum and heard the whole spectrum of stuff. I’m not saying that makes them right or wrong but I’m personally more likely to,trust them more. In addition to that when I hear the higher priced equipment that is PROPERLY SET UP AND MATCHED IT WILL BLOW THE OTHER STUFF AWAY USUALLY. Not all the times but more times than not. Is the higher price stuff worth what people pay. NO IM NOT PAYING FOR AUDIO EQUIPMENT THAT COSTS A MANSION OR LUXURY CAR. Some will but I won’t. I feel I’m playing at a nice level that allows me to get the resolution and musicality that I seek in my audio. To each his own. No one is 100% right just my opinion. BASED ON MY LACK OF EXPERIENCE. LOL.