Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much?

I agree, under that premise of thought.

 

but I’m saddened that the forums, which were supposed to be our great common conversation that was to serve as the undercurrent of all, that was to ’save us’ (where we could talk) is now so far gone that there are no conversations between people that the common person can meet up with... and discuss these incredibly important things.

Where the modern world with it’s billion channels, have conditioned us, individually, to ignore the world’s complexities for our own self stroking. Where via this self enacted method in the face of the individualized programming and petting of our egos and emotions .... we are collectively --- defeated.

I was worried about this potential and the shape of it to come - and it has arrived. I was worried about this in the late 80's -early 90's. One could see it coming even with the Internet's earliest beginnings.... and here it is..

The 800 lb elephant in the room is the political facts that are part of the answer to the original question. Govt regulations ,Printing $$$, inflation, etc etc.

The alarming thing IMO is that 25-30% of the people do NOT see the things that are going on right before their very eyes. Then they point to those who do and say, you are stupid, crazy ridiculous. I'm reminded of the cable, fuse, tweak threads, of late

High End Audio is never to much for me.

tsacremento+2 The rebirth of the gilded age! Being a realtor, we know record low interest rates and shortages of new home builds have driven up home prices.

@andy2 Where does that cash come from?

In my case, and I expect most others on this site, it came from a lifetime of hard word, living below my mothly income so I always had something left to invest for my future, making prudent investments over several decades and not expecting the government or anyone one else for that matter to be responsible for be past retirement age.  "The Fed" had nothing to do with it.