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It was never about sound quality. Sound quality was the justification for spending money and showing off. Just like so much of consumerism.
Yep. Just like the fuckers walking around with $2500 sunglasses.
Those sunglasses don't do anything that a $20 pair can't do. And they don't even look all that different.
The important part is that they enable absolutely disgusting consumerist snobbery, allowing some very vapid people to think that they're better than other people because they have the expensive sunglasses.
In just about any kind of product you can think of, there are brands catering to this kind of conspicuous consumption.