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RE: Why do some people classify ICs, Speaker cables, and PCs as equipment?

Posted by welly (A) on August 30, 2015 at 14:33:44

In Reply to: Why do some people classify ICs, Speaker cables, and PCs as equipment? posted by jea48 on August 28, 2015 at 17:54:04:

Equipment... Plainly and simply because it is difficult to successfully operate a system without them.

I would not consider a cable as an accessory because an accessory is, according to the dictionary definition...
"a thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.".
i.e. not something that is required to make it work.

On a number of websites, Cartridges are also considered "Accessories". But, once again, try using your turntable without one. Hence, I would also consider cartridges as equipment, rather than accessories.

Items that I would class as accessories are, for example, equipment stands, Speaker stands, power conditioners or Record cleaners, because a system operates without them, but adding them makes the system "more useful, versatile, or attractive."


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Welly
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