When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better?
I've always been a little bit suspicious when gear costs more than $25,000 . At $25,000 all the components should be the finest, and allow room for designer Builder and the dealer to make some money.
I mean that seems fair, these boxes are not volume sellers no one's making a ton of money selling the stuff.
But if I'm listening to a $40,000 amplifier I imagine me Liking it a whole lot more just because it costs $40,000. How many people have actually experienced listening to a $40,000 amplifier. It doesn't happen that often and usually when you do there's nothing else around to compare it to.
I'm just saying expensive gear is absolutely ridiculous. It's more of a head game I'm afraid. Some how if you have the money to spend, and a lot of people do, these individuals feel a lot better spending more money for something. Now you own it, and while listening to it you will always be saying to yourself that thing cost $40,000 and somehow you'll enjoy it more.
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It only sounds better if you leave the price tag on there. If you put these wonders in a cardboard box so no one could see the price tag it would be plebeian sound. Did you make sure to put a bag of Precious Pebbles on the heat and cryo treated power cord. :D :D ;D |
"I've never known anyone silly enough to spend 40k." It is not about silly it is a different value system then most of us have to worry about. Like some big fancy houses I have been to in Nashville where they have the four walls but are now to broke to fill the inside with "fine" furniture. But the house says I made it. Why did Andy Warhols ridiculous famous, I have no idea why either, Cambell's Soup can painting go for 11.8 million? Because someone wanted a trophy not a work of genuine art.. As is often mentioned it is their money to do with as they see fit and they pay the bills for the makers of such "fine" audio gear. I don't object to how they spend it I object to how they think I should revere their bad choices as being great sound. |
@ps Hmm and the corollary to that speaker price might then be might be all the very expensive weddings with those in "love" with each other seeming to fail more and more as the $$$ go up? :D |
