$32,000 is a big chunk of change for a pair of speakers, but it all depneds who your market is. Are they for me? No. Did they sound exceptional? Hell yeah. One thing to remember is they are plug-and-play. No amps or cables to buy; that has all been optimized. When David first played them the source was an Ipod. It sounded OK. Then we hooked up a music server with a custom DAC ala Larry Moore (of UltraFi). Much better sound. Then a tube-buffered CD player with integrated volume control was plugged in and the sound was in full glory.