You are perturbed because I would rather put my money on a product that provides the most performance vs price? I would not consider myself a value buyer. I could drop the cash on 4 of those RBH-12's today if I wanted. The issue I have is that I would feel like I was taken to the cleaners. Some people have more money then they know what to do with and choose to buy the most expensive product without performance in mind, others have some money and choose to spend it wisely. Call me the latter...
I would consider the Funk 18.3 on a different level then the RBH. Just the exotic finish alone justifies the cost. Now if the RBH was offered in quilted bubinga or some other exotic finish I could understand the price.
Again the RBH is putting up some impressive numbers!! I just thought it's price is a bit steep. If one could get a healthy discount on a pair then they would have a winner on thier hands . not trying to ruffle any feathers, just offering my opinion in a public forum.