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In Reply to: RE: actually material costs are higher now... posted by rick_m on July 8, 2015 at 09:56:49:
It is unfortunate that the review magazines (SP in particular) tend to think so little in terms of system synergy and review components as such.
But this is market and cost-driven (SP for example, won't review anything that isn't available in a dealer network, for advertising reasons IMO).
Consumers then come to think of components as better than other components at what they do (in traditional component categories), when everything should really be designed with the whole chain in mind.
The market has moved towards swiss army knives of audio to save costs,
True optimization is expensive because 1) each listening room is different 2) every recording is different 3) ears vary 4) only the super rich can afford optimization.
It's what keeps people on the 'upgrade mill', in addition to just getting tired of the way their mid fi electronics are reproducing the recording.
By the way, in our focus on the reproduction, we forget that the recording and mastering is also crucial. Give me a great recording on a boombox ANY DAY over a poor recording on the world's most expensive stereo.
And it does, indirectly, have to do with production volume. Everyone's tastes, ears, and rooms are different, just as every piece of music is different. Making products that reproduce them all with reasonable facsimile is truly an engineering miracle, which is only made 'affordable' with mass production.
Even the most expensive amplifier uses production parts, not one-offs.
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- many ways to skin a cat - Tom Schuman 12:44:14 07/08/15 (1)
- RE: many ways to skin a cat - rick_m 17:36:25 07/08/15 (0)
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