I have a good friend who just bought a $45K preamp. He told me with tax and all it came to just shy of $50K. Interestingly, this friend also told me that there is no way in the world that this preamp should cost anything like what he paid...no way, no how! Why, because the parts, the casing, the marketing, the research and expertise needed to manufacture this product do not add up to anything more than a mere fraction of what he paid. What added tremendous expense were the following..1) massive margin, 2) several middle men involved in the sales and 3) limited quantity sold. None of these things, according to my friend, justified in his mind what he had to pay to acquire the preamp.
Now you may ask why did my friend acquire this piece? A good question, but given that he probably makes weekly what the preamp costs, i guess he decided it was an expensive but justifiable expenditure! It seems there are quite a few folks in this hobby like my friend, and there are manufacturer’s who are looking for those folk to sell their wares to...at almost any price.
Now you may ask why did my friend acquire this piece? A good question, but given that he probably makes weekly what the preamp costs, i guess he decided it was an expensive but justifiable expenditure! It seems there are quite a few folks in this hobby like my friend, and there are manufacturer’s who are looking for those folk to sell their wares to...at almost any price.