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In Reply to: RE: Illustrated History of High-End Audio posted by ruxtonvet on July 13, 2014 at 16:07:55
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... You want to regulate how, when & for how much somebody publishes something?
Yes/No?
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anyone has the right to JUDGE some product as being overpriced.
you, sir, are playing the part of Mr. Regulator: regulating evaluation and saying no one should evaluate a product on its price since they don't have to buy it. this attitude lets the producer of the product off the hook.
roger wang.
i ALWAYS follow the advice of THAT guy. you have hammered on the table so long it won't hold the book anymore.
...regards...tr
...how do you know if it's overpriced?
It may be underpriced.
Is work of art overpriced? It just hangs on the wall.
i appreciate you wanting to talk particulars and specifics, but that misses the ''general'' point: one has a right to see a product (or service) as being over-priced or over-valued. the original poster saw the book as costing too much - hardly a rarity in the publishing world.
as pointed out to three sox, relevance to my particular ability or desire to buy the fairly-priced or over-priced book MISSES THE POINT IN ENTIRETY. i hope you can better see the general point.
roger wang.
... A person has a right not to buy the product.
The producer of the product has no obligation to price their product how you or anybody else wants them to.
If you deem the product too expensive then don't buy it.
What don't you understand?
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look: i'll try to make it so simple someone from an english-speaking country can understand: suppose i am richer than the richest person known. suppose, furthermore, that price has no correlation to quality.
never mind. overpriced products are worthy of criticism even if the price has no relevance to the person criticizing [in the scenario above where i'm the richest person, where price has no personal relevance to me].
""what don't you understand?""
roger wang.
I have humoured you long enough.
Remember, the Bored has asked you not to respond to my posts or make reference to me.
Be a good chap and move along.
Cheers.
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you've got a right to whine about him being a cry baby.
It's all good.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
... The difference is I am not maligning an entire industry in the process. Nor am I saying ruxtonvet is typical of all audiophiles.
Value is in eye of the beholder but presenting a book priced at pocket change as representing;
Typical of all that is wrong with the economics of high end audio and TAS in particular.
Is a ridiculously broad brush statement.
A quality, hard cover, well bound, heavy glossy paper, chronicled pictures and limited production coffee table book is hardly expensive at $140.
For those who don't see the value they can simply pass on the purchase without their enjoyment of the hobby being impinged upon whatsoever.
One could whinge about the price of tungsten decoupling cones/pucks costing over $1000 dollars each. With a minimum of three needed per component one could quickly spend tens of thousands of dollars very easily. Of course not buying the cones/pucks is hardly depriving anyone from enjoying their audio equipment and the music it plays.
Life is good, enjoy it.
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...I don't recall too much whining about Mac's coffee table book which seems to have been broadly similar to the TAS piece.
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