Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27?

The point is a company will never say this is the best we can and will do and all future business is to ONLY support existing customers.

05-02-11: Onhwy61

BTW, I'm capable of judging a musical performance without ever having been a symphony conductor. I can hold a valid opinion about our commander in chief without ever having been the President. And yes, I can judge the relative complexity of building a preamp compared to some other components. Just because you can't do something doesn't mean I can't.
Onhwy61 (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Anybody can have an opinion. But only a fool will form an opinion without any knowledge of the issues in question.

Interesting. Then I am not getting the state of the art with each new product. I am getting the state of the marketing game. No thanks.
Jafox (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

It's YOUR purchasing decision. There is NO penalty in NOT making the purchase unless they nationalized the audio industry like health care.

05-06-11: Onhwy61
Companies can stay competitive in an open market by satisfying pre-existing customer demands and needs.

How if not offering new products? Give me an example.

Apparently some people don't understand the function of marketing/advertising.

Yep, I TOTALLY AGREE

05-06-11: Onhwy61
I find it hard to understand how in an industry where resale value is becoming increasingly more important that a company would seriously undermine or disregard the investment their customers have made in their products.
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05-07-11: Tubegroover
Efner, this isn't about capitalism it is about ARC's perceived marketing model and how some see it. Your comment about ARC's new offerings effecting resale values and ARC not caring, I'm not too sure they don't care. If the resale value plummets on older products when new ones come out after a period of time folks may come to a conclusion that ARC doesn't offer the best value for the prices they charge. Obviously this doesn't seem to be the case as there always seem to be a demand for their used products for folks unable or unwilling to pay for new.

Resale value is driven by supply in demand. Demand is driven by the customers that can't afford or want to pay for a new unit. The only control ARC has is to build a highly desireable product that will generate demand and a very robust used market.

For a company to stay in business, they have to release new products periodically to generate revenue and interest. I bet a LS28, LS29 ... are already in the product release queue. They count on and expect a portion of the customer segment to upgrade to the new releases. It doesn't make business sense to incorporate everything in one release if they want to stay in business.

05-07-11: Onhwy61
An example of a company staying in business by meeting a pre-existing market demand - airlines. Say I want to go to Europe from the U.S., several airline companies are there to meet my need. Essentially airlines replaced cruise ships and at some point in the future some new travel innovation could replace airlines, but until that new method of travel arrives airline company can offer the same old same old.

Airline is a highly regulated limited competition service business ... NOT commodity based. You are comparing apples to oranges. USUALLY customers shop based on schedule and price and not the type of plane.

Knghifi, if I read you correctly you actually agree with some of our description of ARC's business model.

No, you read me INCORRECTLY!

It's just that you see in purely in a positive light

No, It's not positive or negative just reality.