These seem a bit pricey $$$

Yes $12k is a lot. But these speakers come with a 90 day supply of N95 and hydroxychloroquine, making them a stone bargain.

+1, bigkidz.
BTW.....Credo uses HDF not MDF. Steve G. nails the most important virtues of the Credo speakers which is how it sounds and voice your favorite musicians.

Even a idiot like Kenjit can put together a speaker from off the shelf parts....but to ‘sound’ it heavenly and marketing it to audiophiles across the world is whole different ball game.

I think you guys are forgetting; for every (ok not everyone as they sell away more Chevy's) corvette buyer out there is a person who buys a Ferrari they do close enough to he same thing as its splitting hairs. its all a social status thing and well when you got it spend it.  Just because you can not afford it doesn't make it bad or wrong. just maybe better looking haha. 

Now don't get me going on Over priced cartridges.  

Fifteen minutes of review, minimal time of speakers on the screen and even when they were, angle was odd for the most of it.

Other companies do similar floorstanders from as little as a few hundred bucks and they have all the same costs such as shipping and labor to deal with. So of course its overpriced if it can be done for a fraction of the cost.