To Larry’s comment...there’s a lot of truth to that. For some it’s just a non issue. Some will go on forever making do with most anything and that’s just fine. I can’t tinker with things endlessly to save a buck. I save by limiting my hobbies and the things I buy in general. When I buy, I try and get what I want, so I don’t keep wishing I had something else. That rarely means top of the line for me, but rather does it give me what I’m looking for.
With cars it’s reliability, comfort and some level of performance that keep me smiling. Usually, if I push one too far, I have to compromise on the others, so I end up somewhere in the middle. Same with audio equipment. I have speakers I bought in the early 90s that still put a smile on my face. They were far from the upper echelon then price wise, but sound wise they were killer then and still better than 90% of what I hear today.
With my Brooklyns, they sound great, have a great tuning range, stay in tune far longer than any drums I owned previously and they just keep me loving the purchase. Would have loved a set of boutique drums, but like the other two above, I usually stick with what gives me the best of all options for me. Not knocking anyone who goes for the top shelf stuff, but there’s a happy point for me. Anything below that and I’ve wasted money swapping stuff.