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https://www.stereophile.com/content/why-hi-fi-prices-have-risen

High prices for hi-fi are nothing new. Prices have risen incessantly for at least a couple of decades, especially at the highest-priced end of the hi-fi market—and that’s got nothing to do with tariffs. What we’ve seen isn’t inflation exactly, or not mainly that. Companies have discovered that there’s a market for ever more expensive stuff, so they started making it. There’s a story about Swiss watches that may be apocryphal: A poorly edited ad for a very expensive watch added an extra zero to the price, and the watch sold out in days. I get the feeling that even companies themselves are surprised sometimes at how much people are willing to pay for this stuff.

Why is it happening? I’m no economist, but one answer seems obvious: There are more rich people than ever, and they’re riche

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