You know when you are dealing with a BS company....


...when you read statements like this:

"You can expect a 15% to 20% improvement in sound for each level as you move up the line. The improvements are in soundstage, resolution, realism, musical presentation, impact, etc."

Me: yeah, the humidity in my room changed from 44 to 45% yesterday, and I immidiately noticed that the realism dropped by 3.4%, yet the musical presentation actually WENT UP by 8.3%. I was able to compensate by turning the lights on in the kitchen and changed my socks. Puh, that was close.

 

 

 

kraftwerkturbo

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@bigtwin

"What is the sense in a MSRP if you are always offering the product at 35% - 55% off? Don’t tell me your cable is worth $1000 when you never sell it for more than $650? "

Yes, I am not impressed when this happens. It my memory serves me correctly from my former entrepreneural days, the FTC does attach some rules to "sale" or "free" items to avoid fraud. The product/service must be presented for some (defined) period of time at the "regular" price before they can legally claim that it is discounted. The period of time escapes me, but I’m sure there are some here who can provide a qualified response. That being said, an item cannot be presented as perpectually "on sale". Reminds me of those fireworks stands that on Day One open with "Buy One, Get Two FREE" offers.

It is apparent from the comments on this thread that Morrow is considered to be legitimate and offers products that are embraced by many in this group. The challenge from their perspective is how best to communicate the value of something subjective in exchange for something tangible -- your money. The long term proposition is to send you product and you send them money. Then, if their products meet or exceed your expectations you’ll buy more of it, and give positive referrals to those you know. Delivering the "right message" is not an easy task, especially in a crowded arena or introducing an immature product segment. We’re terribly deficient at attaching objectivity to product performance via measurements. We also know that superlatives can set off alarm bells when claims cannot be substantiated: "The only way the sound could be improved is to have a digital bitstream plugged directly into your brain". So, Morrow attempts to connect some metric to their assending product price points via some "reasonable" number that represents a degree of performance improvement. So, you spend xx% more and you’ll get back xx+1% more in audio performance. With return privileges, if their numeric assessment of improvement did not align with yours.

Marketing geniuses they’re not. But, with some success and a little luck, they may tweak their messaging to be more in tune with your reality. And, allow the product to do most of the talking.