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| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? @calvinandhobbes Here's the link. Enjoy! | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Own: Audioquest Castlerock. Speakers internally wired with Audioquest Rocket 88. Like: Audioquest. Nordost. | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? I agree that the introduction of over-the-top, outrageous (and, often ugly) "statement" pieces accompanied by their various "key talking points" can find their way to more mainstream products. I recall a very weird-looking, very expensive speaker ... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? @calvinandhobbes It's good to see due diligence related to subject of "premium" PCs, regardless of the outcome. Thanks for sharing your (detailed) thoughts. If you haven't taken the survey i put out there on this topic, it is still open for a ... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? Good discussion, guys. To the OP’s point, I think the answer is "yes" that high end manufacturers CAN overprice their goods. In the cost/performance metric of mere mortals (like us) the math just doesn’t work. And we feel a bit frustrated when fo... | |
| Was I Expecting Too Much As a former dealer: We have to understand that the initial conversation between POTENTIAL customers and POTENTIAL dealers is an "interview" process that involves two parties, analzing the prospects of a positive outcome for each Both have the opt... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @hilde45 "hyperbolic price increases" When the "market" determined that a $4 cup of coffee could actually be enthusiastically adopted when the "norm" was 99 cents -- with free refills, it may have been a good example of a game changer? It might... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? The "market distortion" aspect as suggested by @hilde45 has merit in my opinion. Here’s this audio market where everyone plays nicely and introduces "new products or new versions" with incremental price increases of, say 10%-20%. Then, out of nowh... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @hilde45 Very good points. Well stated. I think it is interesting to point out that, typically, "high end" audio is sold thru a dealer nietwork. So? The dealer is the manufacturer’s "customer". And, the end user is the dealer’s "customer". Whi... | |
| Modifying Crossovers A quick story: I was a audio dealer, speaker designer, and still currently involved in audio service and performance upgrades. Years ago I attended a convention and had a heart-to-heart with one of the most successful speaker manufactures of the ... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN @waltersalas Reminds of the time I was "inquisitive" about a car and decided to check it out. Then, when I got there, I remembered I had my checkbook with me. Lesson learned. I'll make a point to leave my checkbook at home when I audition the F... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN @waltersalas Looks like I missed something "interesting" with the deleted post. Guess I need to check for comments more often. Very nice system by the way. Haven't heard the Fynes, but the "speaker geek" in me was doing cartwheels. They're p... | |
| Songs with excellent advice? @macg19 +1 | |
| Songs with excellent advice? Quicksilver’s "Tattoo Song" Lyrics include "that sh-t don’t come off" | |
| Mcintosh C15 - Your Impressions and Matching Power Amp @oddiofyl Cleaver username. I trust your ears (and brain) and your observations may be spot on. This is a great example of why we do audio forums. Somebody has a question, then others with real hands-on experience share their thoughts. T... |