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The death of ultra hiend audio

Verity and DarTzeel last year, now MBL, ultra high end audio manufacturers are facing their demise and they have nobody but themselves to blame. What do these companies have in common: too much investment in creating the very best and when that fails raising their prices bottom up to recover their losses and inevitably charging 2x what the same product cost just a few years ago. Ego, greed and poor management can only result in one thing!

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ozzy
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I wondered how an amp (dartzeel) could possibly cost so much ($145,000+). The power output was good, but other amps have that much power and more. So, what is inside those amps that cost so much?

I mean, the internal components, even of the best quality should not have elevated the price so much.

They (darTzeel) probably tried to market to the ultra-rich, but most of the audiophiles are not in that category.

At least I am not.

ozzy

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