Dammed if I know. Seems as if the cost of some of the finer vintage pre-amps w/phono stages when adjusted for inflation etc, cost no more than current line stages, albeit the newer lines stages may sound more detailed, etc.
Lets face it, cost correlates more with 'expected' value than anything else. And, FWIW bling has never come cheap either.
Lets face it, cost correlates more with 'expected' value than anything else. And, FWIW bling has never come cheap either.