M900U vs the world

I got sucked into Emotiva 10 years ago.  It is mid-fi pretending to be high end.  Specs can be manipulated to look good on paper. A Porsche and Yugo are both cars and both will take you to the grocery store, but they aren’t the same or even close. Comparing a $300.00 amp to a $12,000.00 amp is a joke. Emotiva is very cheap audio built to a cheap price point.  There will be no high end parts inside and a tru listener should be able to hear the differences, unless you are deaf. 

Ferrari makes great cars, however not everyone can afford to drive a Ferrari so they must get their pleasure from driving a Toyota. Nowadays with today's advanced technologies leveling the playing field driving a Toyota is not an unpleasant experience.

I just read at least two websites that said the M900U costs $19,900 (I rounded it up to $20,000) but I did find another that said $17,999. If you can find it cheaper, all the more power to you because I'm all about saving the money for other things. But the entire point of my post is that the Emotiva sounds darn good, can drive 4 ohm, low sensitivity speakers with plenty of power, and there's no way the M900U sounds 50 (or 30 if you get the M900U for $12,000) times better. Can we at least agree on that?

Your reading VERY old information before Luxman opted to distribute their line themselves. Many years ago the list price was $19,995 when "On a Higher Note" was the USA Distributor. 

Glad you like your Emotiva. I wouldnt take it if I saw it sitting out at the Curb Brand New in the Box but thats just me. Ever hear of the law of diminishing returns in the Audio World??  Ignorance is Bliss!!

@winnardt Saying something sounds great is fine.. but its not very meaningful unless you compare it to something. Sounds great compared to what? Beats by dre sounds good compared to a $1.00 amazon IEM... but compared to an HD650 it sounds very poor. 

And yes of course when in audio is there a direction proportional increase in sound quality compared to what you spend? As you spend more and more diminishing returns kicks in.  This just the unfortunate nature of audio which I agree can be a very expensive hobby.  Maybe the M900u is only 2-3x better than an emotiva... if that even means anything. But then it comes down to how much that improvement means to you? For some people they are not willing to spend $500 on something that is twice a s good. Others are ok wtih $100,000 for something that is 5% better.