The new dynamic in speaker pricing

Of course we can have great sound with much less, but the question is whether any of us would commit if we had the funds.

sounds pretty daft to me. You can buy 3 Ferraris for that money and impress way more people 

I believe potential buyers have more than 3 Ferraris, and i expect that if it was for me i would initially want to impress myself not others.

@jasonbourne52 

 +1

  We're doomed!

"its not a question of whether they have stolen their earnings. The issue is that, if one idiot buys a million dollar speaker, all the speakers companies will raise their prices and make them unaffordable for the rest of us. Why is that so hard to understand?"

You and some others act like manufacturers haven’t been making and selling very expensive speakers for some time now; and yet there are still plenty speakers being made at all price points. Not hard at all to find speakers to fit anyone’s budget.

Nothing wrong with it, but we know they aren’t getting say 500X "better" sound than from a pair of $2000 Polk R700 for their $1M. What they are getting (hopefully) are speakers that are a work of art, beautiful beyond imagination, ones that will fit into their similarly priced living room and all its expensive appointments.

For instance, I’d be curious as to what stereo and system components Elon Musk has in one of his homes. Since he is or was married to Grimes (a musician) it might surprise all of us.

Then there are "rich" people who just buy whatever they want even if not audiophiles. For instance buying expensive cars, when they aren’t even car enthusiasts. It’s more or less buying something commiserate with wherever they are up the food chain.

I recall stories of oil rich Saudis just leaving "expensive" BMWs on the side of the road if they had issues, and then buying something else. When you are "that" rich, wasting time getting something serviced is beneath you. 

My only hope is that at "crazy" prices, some new speaker technology is being developed that might one day filter down to us mere mortals.

This (of course) speaks to my own persona....but I'm thinking if a person has $1M to spend just on speakers to flesh out the rest of the system is going to be several million if not many millions including software.  And I doubt that is their last millions.

So, I would just buy the Fillmore East or create my own venue and bring in top performers.

Regards,

barts