The new dynamic in speaker pricing

While I appreciate the attempts at humor, the question that maybe should be asked is how superior are these speakers to the more common place offerings that most of us have heard? Is it possible that these ultra speakers can bring the very well heeled audiophile a lot closer to the sound of the ‘real’?

Of course they are not worth the price they ask for but theres no other way to obtain these speakers so audiophiles will continue to buy them. If one speaker company charges $10k, the next will charge $50k and so on. The prices have continued to rise over the years and soon we will be seeing speakers costing tens of millions of dollars that are made of wood. There will always be someone that can afford em so the hoodwinking will continue in the foreseeable future.

There are many billionaires in this world. They do not blink at paying a million for some "state of the art" speaker system. And when they are standing there talking to one of their billionaire friends they need to say well I stole them for a million. My question is what did it actually cost to build million dollar speakers....!

Put any of these upper six figures speakers in an average room and my bet is my $18,000 speakers in the house of stereo will make them sound silly. Meaning you would be better off spending low six figures in building a proper listening room first before spending your money on top level speakers. If you can do both, good for you.

 I don't feel its a trend. There has always been uber expensive options in every facet  for those that can afford them. Does a Rolex really tell time any better than a Timex? A fool and his money are soon partying...