[habeebtc]

From folks I know in the audio biz, there is an element of status symbol to it.

Or more generally Elitism. If there is much difference between the two, anyways.

[AndrewUnmuted]

I am in audio and routinely sit in 400k+ listening rooms.

Those folks would be embarrassed to mention those rooms contained things as goofy as this. It's excessive and unreasonable.