I don't think it's an affordability thing so much as perceived value. People will probably fixate on the products that they wanted at some impressionable age.

I don't think it's an affordability thing so much as perceived value. People will probably fixate on the products that they wanted at some impressionable age. It's a lot easier for me (being an old guy) to buy expensive stereo equipment even now than it would be to buy a $1000 cell phone.