Norm, yes, I am well aware of the 5x parts&labor and it is business 101 in niche electronics markets and I have been involved in some companies. I used to work for Cisco and they had 85% gross margin on their gear in the good years, everybody was happy: investors/shareholders, employees, customers so good margin is needed as reward/goal.
I sincerely hope the number of audiophile users grow exponentially, so that competition and the economy of scale will enable the average audiophile to be equipped with great infrastructure (cabling, isolation, etc) w/o taking another mortgage.
Bo, have you not gotten enough warnings to stop rambling?!? Don't you have customers to look after? And...
>>Those who sell these products which are not worth it make audio in general unreliable.
You are part of that food chain, right? So why spit on it?