On more than a few occasions, in these pages and elsewhere, I have berated high-end audio manufacturers for not presenting their inexcusably expensive wares in the manner of 'luxury items,' as they deserve. For all but a few enlightened brands, the attitude is as ludicrous as a cigar vendor suggesting that a £45 Cohiba is not a luxury item, or a shoemaker saying the same of a £3500 pair of brogues. Kostas Metaxas, blessedly, knows that a £25,000 integrated amplifier positively bellows 'Luxury!'.
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