A Sense of Balance in Audio

[S Clark]

I get that unlimited budgets lead to unbalanced spending.
But seriously, can it make sense for a cap in a tweeter circuit to cost 5X more than the tweeter?
Looking at another site, and caps that run >$700 for tweeters that are about a hundred. 

[Nick B]

Sometimes, or maybe even often, things in audio don't make a lot of sense. But it also makes for interesting discussion and sometimes heated debate.

Some would disagree with me spending money on good cables and various noise reduction devices when I have an $800 streamer and a $1,200 dac. But it's worth the money in my system.

I am curious what cap would cost 5 times more than what tweeter.

[S Clark]

A Jupiter Copper foil  15mF are almost $700 at Parts Connection.  Duelands are $670.
A very popular electrostatic tweeter is just under $100. 

[Nick B]

I had a hunch those were the brand of caps. I had a $200 Jupiter copper foil installed in my Border Patrol SEi dac a few years ago and it made a nice difference.

[S Clark]

I know better caps make a real difference.  I just have to wonder however, when the cap upgrade exceeds the cost of the drivers in a speaker.