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The Single Piece That Started Today's HIGH END ?

I have no idea myself but it has been suggested that it may have begun in the mids 1970s, with a Mark Levinson preamp. It apparently cost more than anything anybody ever concieved a piece audio gear could cost before. It may have simply been here since the start of McIntosh (1949) which was always a more expensive and exclusive brand. What are your thoughts?
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elizabeth
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It really was in the mid 1980's that the sudden price jump surprised me!
Like the Infinity IRS before the jump was $20,000 and soon after was $70,000.
That is a BIG jump.
Almost everything in high end had that giant price jump about then.
Why I do not know.
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