The new dynamic in speaker pricing

Kenjit: 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?"
This will not happen of course, as these speakers are not designed for common sales. They are the hi end showpieces. The technology used in these will trickle down in time. Why is THAT so hard to understand.

 I find it interesting how many people believe any speakers, or any component, costing over X dollars (X being what they spent) is a "waste of money". Good $100,000 speakers do sound 5 times better than good $20,000 speakers. A lot of people just don't like to admit it.

Don’t care if you are rich or not, you are a certified nut to pay a million dollars for a speaker.....and even nuttier trying to justify it...nothing in audio is worth a million....

Anyone can spend whatever they want- if it’s worth it to them is all that matters, 

Just please don’t say something sounds X times better than something else.

it’s like saying one girl is twice as pretty as another or an acting performance was X times as good as another. This is art, not science as the objectivists would like you to believe, but even they wouldn’t say one piece of equipment sound X times better than something else. Much better, noticeably better, not in the same league, sure, but please don’t try to justify the increased cost with proportionally increased sound quality.. 

Everyone knows the law of diminishing returns…..

@laoman 

My experience in owning speakers of the character I appreciate at $6K, $12K, hearing $22K, and now owning $32K is that the sweet spot is way over $32K. Each step has been a revelation, and s-eake5s in the hundred thousands, although I have not owned them were incredible.