1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma

It's quite interesting to see the responses here, given that most people in here are supposedly audiophiles. So everyone thinks that it is appropriate to ridicule a $1 million speaker that nobody has actually heard? True, there are not many people with the means to spend $1 million on speakers, but in the ultra high-end, as long as there are no better overall speakers out there for less than a million, then the Grand Enigma would represents fair value, to those that can afford it. To a few extremely wealthy individuals, $1 million is pocket change. Heck, if I was a billionaire, with a $50 million mansion, I would buy the Grand Enigma, and would build a 45,000 square foot listening room on my estate to put them in, if just to brag to my other billionaire friends that I own the most expensive speakers on the planet. Money is no object. But I've also noticed how bloody defensive some of the same individuals are about the stuff they have in their own system. So why is $20,000 for a pair of Sonus Faber Amati speakers acceptable value whereas a $1 million for a pair of speakers is subject for ridicule? Going the other way, it is the same snotty audiophiles that sneer at people listening to mass market $300 mini-systems and preach from their high horse that the 'regular folk' knows nothing about music. While audiophiles feel that their own $5000 speakers represent incredible value for money, non-audiophiles question the sanity of certain people who spend more on a single power cord than most people would spend on an entire system.

ewe nailed it, grow-up... doug

Well Grow-up....why not a 10 million dollar speaker? It may be magnificient. But I would have a difficult time accepting that a reasonably brilliant design team couldn't do it for a lot less...even if it were "only" 1 million. It's simply that a million dollar speaker is a funny concept to many of us. I happen to enjoy music on my portable radio when it's what's available. However, if you have it, it's certainly your perogative to spend it.

Nice to have a grown-up present for a change - but first, this is about opinions - preferably about audio, not fellow posters (but I will have my turn as you will see). I, for one, cannot take a million dollar pair of speakers seriously. If you can, then no doubt you are organising a demo as we speak? What I find amusing is that we have at least two posters here that take these speakers and Monica so seriously that they are offended by some light-hearted humour.

Grow Up: I take it from your bitterness that you cannot afford the $300.00 mini system. This thread is basically a j-o-k-e by the way and is as funny as you are clueless. ROFL.