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Why Is Hi-Fi So Expensive?

igh-end audio equipment is expensive. I know you don’t need me to tell you that, but I will anyway. But why is it so expensive? Mostly it’s because the people who design and build high-end components are not trying to build a product that sells at a price-point that their marketing research tells them is the ‘sweet spot’ for that particular category. They’re instead trying to build something unique, a

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