Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference?

Not as much difference, but my Gershman Grand Avant Garde ($13K) sounds richer (?) than my Tyler Linbrook Signature systems (one piece at $4K). 

@fastfreight 

Congratulations on the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC. Yeah, I know. It is amazing how it just keeps getting better. I couldn’t have pursued this for 50 years unless each step didn’t result in more than I thought possible. Every day when I go down and turn on my system and listen for a while, I just can’t believe this was possible. It is incredibly rewarding. 

@larry5729 

”It would be fun to take a survey on how much people are worth who spend $100,000 on their system.”

My system is worth a bought $150K. I am retired. The major upgrade I made was about 2.5 years ago that took it from $70K to $150K… well i was retired.

They should sound exactley the same if you are deaf.

some people buy $50k speakers an its still not end game!  just use your ears to judge, difference between $5k speaker and $20k is not that much of a difference.  the difference in cost will be the name and material used to make it.  If I am about to drop $30k on a pair of speakers, I'll take the B&W 801 D4.  They will sound and look great to my ears and eyes.