I spent $13,850 on new speakers, and I was born when Truman was President. No problem. In fact the best new purchase I ever made to improve the quality of my listening experience with added small tweaks. (and some of those expensive yes.)
I also agree..Once you have a high end system, the little tweaks can add plenty to the final sound. When I had $1K to $2K a pop bits, hard to tell what a cable did, what a power cord did. Even at $5,000 a pop not so easy. Now.. wow, I can change the sound moving a power cord from a Furutech GTX-D Gold duplex, to the neighboring Furutech GTX-D NCF Rhodium duplex. easy to hear the difference.