BobbyTimmons
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Luxury cars like Rolls Royce are still handmade, that's their selling point. It's why people buy them instead of other cars. It's not functionality which you are paying for, it's being handmade. That is luxury.1) I don't equate hand-crafting, use of "different" materials, and different appearances as necessarily having any direct bearing on improvements in performance.
2) In audio products, tests and measurements bear this out; I have seen precious few hand-made luxury audio items that have performance that is better than average. In fact, if one takes into account the high prices of tube equipment, the performance is not even up to par, much less average.
3) I therefore reject the notion that expensive audio products have measurable performance improvements, or that they have those improvements very often. Older McIntosh and present-day Magico are exceptions, but exceptions prove the rule.
4) I don't often have any interest in examining luxury cars, but from what little I have seen, they are no longer "handcrafted". There are several posts in this thread which echo that opinion.
In essence, I'm saying that luxury items very rarely provide advanced performance ... in autos, in fashion accessories or in audio. I believe @Sokel may, perhaps, have some small insight into the situation.
More's the pity, but that's the way I see it.
Jim
Ferraris are especially valuable because they are only allowed to sell bottom of the range to new customers. You aren't allowed to buy their higher end models until after you've bought their lower end models. You aren't paying for performance when you buy a Ferrari, you are paying for exclusivity.
These car companies charge $1000 for a key fob or for their owners manual which isn't any different than paying $1000 for a hi-fi cable. The owners manual is just printed paper. The key fob is just a key fob with the logo of the luxury car.
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