Silliest audiophile equipment of all time?

Shunyata research should be ashamed at themselves. selling a special foam elevators for $350 for 12. I am not doubting they work cause they probably do but $350 for some special different layers of hard foam. $99 might be about right.

Nordost valhalla. Way overpriced and often hear complaints about it being thin in the lower octaves. Nordost, take a look at the pricing of synergistics new tesla and look a repricing! Valhalla owners seem to be going the way of tesla.

Shakti holagraphs. $1000 and all you need is a couple of fake fig trees and you will probably get better results. Cost of fig trees....ah,not much!

Wilson alexandria speakers at $140,000 or any pair that price or higher. I think this is highway robbery. In many parts of the US you can buy a brand new home for the same price as some of these higher end speakers. I guess, you could take the woofer out of the wilson alexandria and live in side the speaker. Come on, two speakers costing the same as a brand new house!

This is a chance to vent at the joke this hobbies becoming. Its not a hobby a whole lot can do due to the super high prices.

Freemand, I doubt there are very many americans in $140,000 homes who are evaluating Wilson Alexandrias. However, at the peak of the housing bubble, you could probably have found a mortgage broker willing to finance purchase of Wilson speakers with a no-money-down ARM and a balloon payment after five years. Now that's livin' large!

Dgarretson, I am guessing that most people in $140,000 homes are haveing to go into best buy or get the bose super radios.

The day is coming with the economy the way it is that high end audio will be for those with million dollar homes and money to waste. While the 99.1 percent of the rest of americans can only wish they could buy the higher end audio.

News report audio manufacturers....greed has entered the building!

Maybe they can "only" afford a $140,000 home because they spent $150,000 on their equipment.

I'm sure the wife of a man who spent $150,000 on equipment with a $140,000 home is his wifes best friend.

I could see him going to her and saying "honey, wilson audio just came out with alexandria mk2 and you have to hear them! They are only $180,000. We could sell our home and buy a $2,000 camper to finance these babies! What do ya think of that honey???"