The problem is not our freedom to buy anything...You missed the point...
The problem is calling "poor and ignorant" any audiophile who care more about basic knowledge than obsessive consumerism...Inducing this obsessive behaviour conditioned by marketers, this erroneous idea that price tags define audiophile people journey as an endless race, instead of the wise search for a good sound when listening music by studying very basic acoustics concepts that define all aspects of sound as we must perceived them in balance with one another in a room ...
Balance of acoustics factors exist for any system at any price. This does not means that my systems at low cost even very well balanced and satisfying will rival all costlier system, their comparison will be related to many acoustics parameters which must be experienced and not merely to the price of each pieces of gear as a sum of money...
Ignorance is the main state in general in any group of people. Audiophiles are not an exception. But my moto is we can learn. 😊
«I can buy »--Bill Gates
«Nobody buy Knowledge »--Anonymus philosopher