Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy

Most electronic parts are dirt cheap to manufacture.  The rule of thumb is to sell high end audio for 6 times its manufacturing cost.  This includes the building, the electricity, the parts and cabinets, etc, the labor and insurance, etc, and a doubling of the dealer cost for the retail price.  Despite these margins, many companies gloriously exceed that margin.  When a $300,000 Ferrari costs $160,000 to make, that $140,000 profit to the maker seems like a lot, but when a $10,000 amp costs $3000 (if it is a good one), to make, we barely flinch. 

Couple of good recent comments about price to cost ratio and fetishistic nature of the hobby at times. I think the video guy and some others here are addressing the fact that some companies do offer lower markup for very good sound quality and that newcomers who might be initially turned off to the hobby (or in this case, to streaming) should understand that they can get some very good results without needing to win the lottery first. The video guy also assumes that some people are wary of being ripped off, even if they recognize that others have to make some profit. This thread has had comments indicating that price and value are very relative, especially when one considers how narrowly or broadly the term “value” can be construed. 

Nothing surprising in this video for me. I did, on the same link, look at his video on I2S and external clocks, which made sense to me also, especially if you have a DAC with an asychronous input.

My take on value components:
1. If one assumes parts quality is associated with sound quality. I want high quality parts vs. lower quality parts.
2. Engineering expertise, how those parts are put together. This is more difficult to ascertain, one has to acquire knowledge in order to make value judgement.  I assume this judgement may be theoretical, perhaps many roads to highest sound quality. Costs here may vary widely,  R&D.
3. Business model, lower profit per unit manufactured.  Is direct sales model most efficient, could be. Small manufacturer vs. large? Are any economies of scale at work here?

4. Subjective sound quality. I would have to hear all streamers, servers in my system to judge sq.
And so, best value would be highest parts quality, best engineering, low profit business model and best sq in my system. Obviously I'll never know if any component I purchase is best value. And so we're left to subjective estimations of value, right back to square one.