Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component?


A very informative fellow on youtube reviews high end audio gear. He pays an insane amount of money on ampifiers, speakers and digital sources. He tells you what he thinks about quality, price, customer service and performance on such brands as Magico, Boulder, Wilson Audio and many others.

So here is the question. What are YOU willing to pay for a pair of speakers? An amplifier? A DAC or turntable setup? I am interested in what you WOULD PAY, not what you have paid in the past.

For me, I cannot see myself paying over $5K on speakers and likely not more that $3K on any other component.... even if I had the kind of money Elon Musk has. Am I crazy in saying that?

 

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I discovered that sound quality nowadays, in a mature audio industry, that sound quality minimal satisfying threshold had no direct relation to money cost at all..

We must LEARN how to pair the right components thats all...

my system is so good that my wife want divorce because i repeat each day that my music is so good that i dont believe it...

Upgrade is ALWAYS possible even passed the minimal satisfaction threshold where i am...

the cost of upgrading my 700 bucks system will be around 15,000 bucks... I am so well informed trust me i know that it will be a REAL upgrade...

but i am so pleased with what i have that i think about the upgrade as foolishness even if it will be really better this i am totally certain ...

What i have now is two piece of gear considered top high end of their era in 1978... one piece is not even upgradable , the headphone... it rival a Stax Omega headphone... 😊

Even with a billion dollars i will need nothing more than near 15,000 bucks... It is because i know exactly what i need and why...

😊

 

I asked a similar question on a thread I started in the speaker section, except it was if there was a price where a manufacturer could over price his audio wares.
Seems like the general consensus was…no.

Certainly by the supposed success of the release of the new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary issue, which at $60k is apparently selling well!