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RE: NY Audio Show 2014

"...pretty much everything seemed overpriced to me, and not always worth it."

I couldn't attend the show, but I'm with you. I'm not one of those who fly into a rage about super-expensive gear, since it's a matter of personal choice to buy or not. But I do think there's too much emphasis on the pricy stuff at the expense-no pun intended-of the many pieces of excellent equipment that can be had for truly modest prices.

For example, in the current issue of The Absolute Sound a couple of writers in glowing terms mentioned a COMPLETE system available from the manufacturer Napa Acoustic for a total of $1,000. Of course, in the same issue they review a number of speakers, the least expensive priced at a mere $5,000 and referred to as a bargain. And then you have the Executive Editor critiquing his new $220,000 reference speakers, "reference" meaning, I suppose, those to which all others are to be compared. (And all of this is written with little trace of irony.)

Obviously, the more mundanely priced stuff doesn't generate the buzz that the really expensive items does, therefore doesn't get the ink.

The used market can be, as you suggest, an excellent resource but it does have its share of risk.


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