Kibble Fat
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This may or may not be a valid point in the discussion, but Rolls-Royce sold more cars than ever before amidst the recent economic downturn. The people who have money for what they perceive to be luxuries will pay for them. Whether or not the luxury headphone market can target that market is a point up for debate - but the LCD-3's recently being featured in the Robb Report would seem to indicate that there is some interest in that market segment for top-flight headphones.
The richest 1% of Americans captured 93% of income gains in 2010
The bottom 90% of Americans lost $127 on average
the top 1% gained $105,637