In Reply to: "Pointless point?" posted by E-Stat on May 10, 2016 at 06:05:24:
Losing ground vs. disappearing is semantic quibbling.
61% to 50% is a large decline, and who knows where it will stop.
In any case the trend to ever more expensive "high end" equipment is a symptom of rising disparities of income. 45 years ago when I first became interested in hi-fi you could buy a complete SOTA system of maybe $5000 or say $30,000 in today's dollars. Nowadays you can scarcely buy a single top-end component for that price.
Dmitri Shostakovich
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- Who's quibbling? - Feanor 08:34:19 05/10/16 (15)
- RE: Who's quibbling? - E-Stat 09:14:09 05/10/16 (13)
- "Losing ground" COULD be exactly the same as "disappearing" - genungo 09:21:03 05/10/16 (12)
- What we don't know is - E-Stat 09:37:34 05/10/16 (11)
- Choosing a career can be a CRAP SHOOT ... - Feanor 12:05:30 05/11/16 (0)
- Wow! Sounds like we have an "economy" that serves itself rather than the people... - genungo 15:10:18 05/10/16 (9)
- Economic sustainability - E-Stat 17:01:38 05/10/16 (8)
- RE: Economic sustainability? - genungo 17:19:15 05/10/16 (7)
- RE: Economic sustainability? - E-Stat 19:18:33 05/10/16 (5)
- RE: "You see, there are two types of people in this world, my friend:... - genungo 21:04:34 05/10/16 (4)
- That's a relief! - E-Stat 07:04:53 05/11/16 (3)
- RE: Economic sustainability? - A.Wayne 17:31:46 05/10/16 (0)
- RE: Who's quibbling? - Disbeliever 09:04:57 05/10/16 (0)