In Reply to: RE: Completely agree. Dr Dre is the 2nd coming who saved audio for the next gen ;) posted by jedrider on January 14, 2015 at 12:08:41:
Id almost forgotten about finding out about these via the net on a fluke.
Seems the market for big home stereos to the young is not completely dead. Looks like Samsung amongst others no doubt, are making some high powered, large, hideous and of course PLASTIC, high dollar stereos to the young. They boast figures like 2,500 watts of power, 15" subwoofer, 3-5 whatever way speakers, karaoke. The big appeal to many youth is their blu tooth, USB, wifi so on connectivity.
Not that plastic shelf, mini to rather large stereos are anything new to the market. But I was quite taken by surprise to see them reaching the price points they've now reached. Also their shier size! My god they are now about the size of our crazy large stereos in physical size and price (for some).
Quite honestly its kinda hopeful to see such products make a presence. It might inspire some young folks to take home audio seriously again. Be a stepping stone into our world of home stereos. Clearly Samsung, Sony so on wouldnt be making such products if they didnt have a market to sell them to. Enough to justify their existence. Now its not like I think these are selling in very large numbers, but who knows what the future may hold for such things.
It really makes one wonder how such a system sounds and holds up in practice when playing music so loudly, and with the kind of bass the young folks will no doubt be playing on it. Using nothing but rather thin plastic for the speaker cabinets. I highly doubt any other material will ever be used as the housing on these products. It must do well enough but cant be terribly inert.
Much like the cost of Dre beats, real shame these young folks dont get exposed to the kind of options they also have when spending the kind of money these products fetch. Of course the image and style of these stereos is part of their appeal to their demo. It would be neat to see the few buyers of these get a chance to do an A/B sound comparison to something from our camp. Im sure a few would pick the system from our camp.
I dont wish to come off a too big a prick running these stereos down. Just as films like twilight dont appeal to me in the least. Im not their target audience. Again just look at its features like blu tooth, USB, wifi so on. Heck Id not be surprised to see 4G or whatever connectivity being integrated into such a stereo at some point. Its built with the kind of features a young person would want to have in a large, high $ stereo. I wouldnt care about it. But when my son is 25 years old I could see him wanting such things.
Was such a surprise to me to see such a large high priced stereo being made and sold to the next gen of folks wanting such an item. Again, might give hope to more young folks thinking seriously about owning a real home stereo one day????? Who knows?????
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Follow Ups
- OMG All kidding aside has anyone here seen these $1K+ PLASTIC samsung mega home stereos sold to youth now?!?! - 2chJunkie 13:23:25 01/14/15 (2)
- I almost walked straight into a set at Costco - jedrider 14:43:51 01/14/15 (1)
- Ive better experiences thrifting. Today I got 23 rock jazz blues CDs and a 80s Japanese CD player for $34 - 2chJunkie 20:39:28 01/14/15 (0)