Kokomo:
My subjective opinion is that the ?? were necessary
Objective. But that's why I questioned the ?? as you yourself said it's only an opinion. ie. some people will think it's way overpriced, others will think it's very good value.
Acually, most of my non-B&O buying friends are very surprised by the cost of the BS8. Most of them think it's likely to be about £2000. When you tell them it was £890, they think it's good value (for a B&O product).