The banter is even more ridiculous as it gets perpetuated by such uncontrolled home listening sessions with the word "UPGRADE" sitting firmly in the forebrain.

Speaking of the word upgrade, it has been used quite heavily lately to describe the purchase of speakers which are more expensive than others.
"I want to upgrade my QS4 to the QS8".
'Is the M80 a better upgrade than a VP150"
Take a read at my rant on the word "upgrade" where spiff and i discuss its sad and sorry excess usage. I think i might go add to that post again.

"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."