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In Reply to: RE: Why not? posted by SamA on June 22, 2015 at 09:07:54:
I certainly can't imagine buying them either, but there's no reason why uber-expensive components shouldn't be there for those who can afford them.I think that the ultra high-end stuff is (was?) made mostly to show the world what the manufacturer can do when all cost restraints are removed. "High-end" helps generate excitement. It helps in research and development. It helps create "trickle-down" technology that, in turn, often helps improve performance in a company's more affordable designs.
Other theories about the relative importance of ultra high-end audio also exist. One such theory proposes that the rise of "ultra high-end" audio is evidence that audio manufacturers have been feeling more and more desperate, perhaps literally breathing their last dying gasps of air in a marketplace that is moving away from traditional hifi playback.
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