$12,000 CD Player Looks Like Tacky Nuclear Bomb

The only people in the world who stand a chance of being both interested in this luxury CD player from China's Shanling and being able to afford its $12k price tag are, like, Will Smith's kids and Kim Jong Il - anyone immature enough to think a glowing plutonium cannister looks gnarly but in command of enough cash to make it happen.
The CD-T300 sports four amplification valves, two remote controls, gold-plated tube legs, and an aluminum allow casing that weighs a portly 24lbs. On top of that, it only glows when touched - a feature that you can get from just about any rent boy for a lot less than $12,000.
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Uhhhhhhhh . . . . a CD player? Where are we, 1997?
Why would ANYONE pay 12k, or hell, even 100$ for a CD player these days when its both cheaper, more size-efficient, and much more flexible to simply go out and buy an MP3 player?
What makes this especially amazing is that this thing would be outrageous even when CD players were at their height of popularity. Now the outrageousness has stepped over into pathetic absurdity.