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Buying Equipment Based on Philosophy???

I realized that I buy most of my HiFi equipment based on the designers/ manufacturers philosophy.....Example: Nelson Pass,Pass Labs "First Watt"....Jason at Schiit,......David Haffler with Dynaco......Richard Schram/John Curl, Parasound...Etc... These designers/owners/manufacturers have a deep philosophy about the direction of their designs and their products. I realized this while looking for yet another power amplifier. I really didn't know much about Parasound. Then I saw a YouTube of Richard Schram talking about Parasounds history, direction and marketing/design philosophy......Impressive what he has done and such clear thinking about his company. So therefor, a Halo A23+ is on the norizon! 

 What say you? Does any of this matter in your buying decisions?

rbertalotto

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ghdprentice
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@erik_squires 

 

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ghdprentice
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The technical design philosophy has absolutely nothing to do with my purchase decisions. Great way to make poor choices. To me, except in the lowest level equipment. Now, the design philosophy of Audio Research and Conrad Johnson is not technically oriented, but of the sound quality characteristics they want to achieve. But if that philosophy took them somewhere other than where I wanted to go it also would be of no value… I wouldn’t give a hoot about what they said.

Choosing based on specific designs or philosophy is a great way to get a ok sounding system, at best.

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