My dealer was asking why the S8 was 4 times the money of the Studio 100V2 - Many companies when they build a reputation and name bring out soemhting hugely expensive and not much if at all better to increase profit - after all many are solely interested in the buck. Pioneer Elite for a long time was a nicely finished no better than the non-Elite line stuff - Sony ES versus non ES and so-on.

TO be fair not everything is in the standard measurements and the $3200.00 one may be better sounding - is it worth more than double the price? You tell us.