There is no such thing as perfect speakers. You might get 90% of the way there for $200 or whatever, but getting closer and closer to perfection drives up the costs exponentially.
There is a small market for speakers and other kinds of audio gear that are overbuilt and over-designed in every way, and there are people and businesses who will pay whatever it costs to get as close to perfection as possible, even if that extra 1/10th of 1% means a hundredfold increase in cost. The fact that this market is small and that the producers of ultra high-end equipment are small boutique manufacturers means that the market and the production does not benefit from the economies of scale that drive down the cost of humdrum consumer goods.
Plus there is a fair amount of fluff, superstition, and nerd cachet at work.
I don't want to get too far off-track, but the very best speakers *are* more expensive to design and produce in a whole lot of ways. Whether the difference is "worth it" sonically or otherwise is a separate question.
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