The Law of Accelerating Returns


I totally agree this letter from the editor of A-S.

It makes sense if you have a $10,000 high quality integrated and stick a   $500.00 TT with a $300 phono section, a $400,00 Topping DAC and stream through your phone you will never know the real potential of the $10K integrated. And don't get me going on speakers. 

This article makes total sense but one must live within their means. 

No you do not have to spend a left lung for great sound but it all needs to be balanced. 

 

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There are no experts only opinions.

They are like what?

Cheap is cheap though.

 

 

@jpwarren58 Headphones. Or hang a bunch of foil and crystals. @mahgister swears by the.

No mahgster I am not saying they do not work. But if I did that my wife would have left me at the Poland Ukraine border 2 weeks ago…..

That is not flying here.

Kinda like getting your news from the MSM or Fox.

One point of view.

Bit it has people talking about other things than Russian Tubes. 

Speaking of Tubes I am listening to them. Enjoying an ice tea. 

 

When I read the article I had quite a laugh. We have to remember that TAS serves an industry based on the simple assumption that spending more money gets you better sound. Anyone, even multimillionaires, want to think they are receiving good value for their money so the theory of "accelerating returns" fits right into the agenda.

Wonderfully and simply stated.

 

I agree. No need to be jealous, we should be inspired and motivated. 

 And yet to someone trying to assemble the best-sounding audio system for a given budget, The Law of Diminishing Returns can also be a fallacy. In fact, one could make the case that an audio system follows what I’ll call The Law of Accelerating Returns—that the additional money spent provides a disproportionate amount of the system’s overall performance.