Re: why pay more...

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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

In Reply to: why pay more... posted by tomas on July 31, 2002 at 09:06:52:

I don't have an issue with people who buy ridiculously expensive speakers or companies willing to charge those kinds of prices. It's a free market which means the consumer and producer both have the right to be insane.
Some people just have a LOT of money and they want "The best that money can buy". Because of marketing and hype, they are convinced that those Wilsons will suit their listening rooms just as well as those Bentleys suit their driveways.
I did some extended listening tests to a Theta/Rowland/Wilson setup. It was probably one of the most "accurate", revealing systems I've ever listened to. Every detail of a recording, good or bad, was ruthlessly etched out. Good recordings sounded good and bad recordings of music I loved were rendered unworthy and unlistenable. It was simultaneously one of the least musical, least involving systems I ever listened to.
Would I have paid umpteen thousand dollars for that system? Heck no!
Would I have paid one thousand dollars for that system? No, Thanks!
Some people just don't get it. They listen for the "sound". They want "accuracy". Maybe they are audiophiles in the truest sense of the word: the pursuit of perfect audio reproduction. The ones who get it simply want to connect more closely to the music they love and after enough searching, they realize that there are great values to be found out there, at almost any price point.
The only bad thing about the Uber-high-end is that people with a mild interest in this hobby are left with the impression that nothing under $10,000 is worth owning and are scared away.

-Mike...

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Topic - why pay more... - tomas 09:06:52 07/31/02 (9)

Re: why pay more... - Ohlala 23:01:06 08/01/02 (0)

Re: why pay more... - mike_decock 08:10:31 08/01/02 (0)

Re: why pay more... - Quantum 05:24:35 08/01/02 (1)

right on - tomas 06:32:03 08/01/02 (0)

Why pay $5000 when you can go down to $10/pr? (nt) - Corbett 21:09:04 07/31/02 (2)

Not Relevant............. - Cut-Throat 07:33:02 08/02/02 (0)

yes, that is the logical conclusion to my ? - tomas 06:33:19 08/01/02 (0)

The main answer is that people buy them.......... - Cut-Throat 14:03:43 07/31/02 (0)

Re: why pay more... - Godzilla. 11:08:27 07/31/02 (0)

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Re: why pay more... - mike_decock 08:10:31 08/01/02 (0)

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