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TaliesinWI t1_jcx07sm wrote

Reply to comment by tofupoopbeerpee in BIFL home audio-the McIntosh MC275 by podaypodayson

Pfft. McIntosh will sell you an amplifier with a 1 in front of that price (not that I would ever pay nearly that much for one) and you can easily double that price with other high-end brands. The Audio Research 160M monoblocks at $30K/pair come to mind.

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Regulator0110 t1_jcylrn3 wrote

Pffft, I will sell you my desktop monitors for 100k each. This game is EASY.

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TaliesinWI t1_jcyxjkb wrote

Meh, generally the more expensive stuff sounds better than the mass-fi stuff Best Buy will sell you. The prices go up faster than the "benefit" because the high-end stuff doesn't have economy of scale and/or is hand built (or at least isn't being churned off a non-US/European assembly line). Whether it's worth it to you/anyone is another matter entirely, and even those deep in the hobby have a cutoff point.

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Regulator0110 t1_jcz28jp wrote

For sure, Ive hand-soldered point-to-point tube power amplifiers, so I totally understand, but at a point, a large percentage of the asking price is gatekeeping the prestige, regardless of how transparent the soundstage. I bet they do sound phenomenal though.

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