[CoolestBeans]

Man there are digital pianos that have an entire keyboard and hammer assembly right out of a acoustic piano but the hammers strike a force sensor instead of strings. Definitely more on the ridiculous side of things but the fact there's a market for it means people do really care for the authentic tactile feeling of a piano especially if that's what they've trained on for decades.

[ezst]

Not having an opinion on the matter, I just wanted to point out that there is also a market out there for people pretending to hear the difference between optical audio cables and gold-plated optical audio cables…

I wouldn't be surprised if companies were willing to over-engineer something, anything just to sell at a higher price :)