WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?

I can afford a lot of audio gear; however, I have learned that you do not need to spend as much money as I did in the past to get comparable and sometimes better sound.

First thing for good sound is the room.

Cables make a difference in most gear (not all). Speaker cables always make a difference. 

Good hearing also makes a difference.

@jacobsdad2000 Schtick? Man to each his own.  Look we are all men who say what they want and do what they want. I might not like your comments but you have a right to say them. If I get tired of you or what you are saying I just don’t comment on your post or don’t read them or respond. Best wishes take care. 

Look everyone I posted this because this particular subject over the years is something I see repeatedly. Dissing of high end gear.  The rest of us ignorant for paying the prices. The snarky comments about the gear.  The snarky comments about you discussing their snarky comments about your gear. The thing that surprises me is that most haven’t heard a lot of high end gear. They haven’t lived with it for months or years. They are annoyed by it.  They don’t get it properly matched in their systems if they have heard it. Most don’t have systems resolving enough to tell the differences. They don’t understands the depths that people go to to create the gear. To get the low noise floors. To maximize the gear performance.  It’s a lot that goes into cables and components to make things happen. 

The primary reason is simple jealousy. If folks can only afford $X then they want to show that $2X or $10X or more is a waste… and they have made the very best choice in absolute terms.

Simple psychology, sad, but true.