New level of ridiculousness

Have you ever considered the 200 units sold for $200,000 may only break even the cost of research and development, plus the cost of doing business.  Maybe its the only way an audio business can stay on the cutting edge and trickle down the technology to the more affordable models?  I believe we all owe the uber wealthy a debt of gratitude.  If not for them, all our speakers would be rectangular particle board boxes with Pioneer or Yamaha on the grill cloth.  Open your own business, hire employees, pay the taxes, the rent, LNI, SS, Medicare, health insurance etc.  I do.  It's crushing the cost of doing business.  If I don't make money I still have to pay wages.  If I bid a job wrong, I have to complete it at a loss.  Its scary as heck.  Its expensive. 

Seemingly this is a dead post. Nevertheless the mark 2 version is currently available. MSRP $16,500. 

I'm eagerly awaiting the day when we see $1million power strips and $5Million power cords. Better still, $50 Million speaker cables and ic's. After all, at some point there still has to be at least one guy who thinks those prices are no big deal...or as we used to say...chump change!

Maybe I shouldn't be giving some of these folks ideas, LOL.

Hi all, I work at a Las Vegas casino, and a couple of years ago three young men came in to play Baccarat, they were from mainland China and were in their early twenties. They played off and on for three days and when they left they had lost a total of 17 million dollars! If these guys got into audio they would not balk at a $9000.00 dollar power strip!

TISH

@racamuti What does your story tells us?