Originally Posted by chesebert
that's not quite true, case in point: I have notice a proportional gain in sound quality as I moved up the food chain, topping out at C5Xe which sits at around $6k, although there are sources that hit way outside their price bracket (e.g. Saturn. TP), but the price/performance is still relatively proportional.
PS1 just upsets everything.

Nah. I've said this before, but here goes -- in the face of rapidly-advancing digital technology and world markets, all your old price/performance bets are off dude. Assuming that "you get what you pay for" means anything at all is setting yourself up for the loss of a lot of value.
MHO. YMMV.
Tim