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

unreceivedogma

Economic systems are not something handed down from God: they are social constructs. If you don’t like $1.2M audio systems, instead of not buying it, change the system that caters to millionaires. You are just being an apologist for laissez faire capitalism nothing more ... Prices today are a reflection of the (passive, like you maybe?) acceptance of the grossly unequal economic structure we have in the U.S. today. It doesn’t have to be that way. 

You're being silly because it's essentially impossible for any of us to change our economic system. But given that you're so dissatisfied with it, why do you remain a passive victim to a system you dislike? There are other countries that operate under different systems. Some are democracies, too. It's a big world!

@pickindoug i ask this question because I’m an audiophile first. I wonder how people actually think about this. People have a right to hate the high end. Just wanted to know why.  What are their experiences. What’s the mindset. Do they have certain concerns. Have they even heard Hugh end gear at all. How much have they heard etc to have the opinion. Will any amount of them hearing it change their mind no matter how well it performs. Just thoughts. I’m a hobbyist first before anything.  I love the music first over everything. 

@unreceivedogma yup well said.  Plenty of folks feel your way and there is nothing wrong with it.  

The crisis in the last 4 years demonstrated that there is no democracies, only grey nuance of totalitarian fashions...Oligarchs and lobbies rules...

Even in Canada ...

You’re being silly because it’s essentially impossible for any of us to change our economic system. But given that you’re so dissatisfied with it, why do you remain a passive victim to a system you dislike? There are other countries that operate under different systems. Some are democracies, too. It’s a big world!

The interesting point made by unreceivedogma was to me describing how the price levels of audio gear reflect our dissonnant North American society classes of ultra rich and poors with a decreasing mid class loosing his grip on reality , thinking democracy exist ...Wait till the next crisis to see whats left of democracy...

The difference between totalitarian China and Canada and america decrease politically and dont increase... Welcome in a mix of 1984 and the best of the world, compliment of big corporations ... A,I. is there for our own good now ...😁

It’s not the gear. It’s the people who think they are special, or have a special right to be right, because they have such gear, that draws the ire.