In his Orpheus 2 video he claims that he believes the factory refurbished original Orpheus is now the best he's ever heard. Then he proclaims Orpheus 2 to be better. Maybe he really feels that way. But he is far from even keeled. In fact, he pretty much lauds everything he reviews if it is from a sponsor. You will disagree with me. That's fine.
You act as if people can't change their minds. There are other reviews where Jude doesn't proclaim something to be "the best in the world". Trust me.
And Jude isn't a salesman for the Orpheus... trust me. Because it's rare as **** as it is, and the people who have bought the Orpehus didn't buy it because of Jude's opinions. Trust me.
It's simple engineering principles. Increasing the complexity of an object increases the amount of points at which it can fail. Furthermore, if you're paying 50 000, you better ****ing expect perfection. Try being Ferrari and telling a client, "Oh yeah, the car you just bought might have a bum exhaust, but you can just pay for it since you already forked over 100k..."
Ok... so what's your point exactly? If it's $50,000, we should "****ing expect" perfection, so maybe it will be? And you're already assuming it's not. Make a decision on your opinions. Also, the guy in the article you posted was using was a PROTOTYPE.
Also... luxury cars do break down a lot, if you don't know. BMWs, Mercedes have terrible reps for breaking down a lot, and being expensive to fix. Doesn't stop the wealthy from buying them because the wealthy make sure they can afford the fixes before buying it.
but I can tell you that my KEF Q300s sound better, have a much more impressive soundstage and have a far more realistic and tangible presentation than my HD800 which cost more than twice what the speakers did.
I'm pretty sure that's a misleading comment, because you only commented on the KEF Q300s soundstage and presentation. And, yes... yours is a subjective opinion. But in general, most people see headphones being better than speakers in terms of price to performance ratio.