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I think the dealer demo section of Audiogon backs you up

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In Reply to: RE: TAS serves up another crock of cognitive dissonance. posted by regmac on March 19, 2008 at 14:24:34

I read your post, and it's clear you aren't suggesting 16K is out of the question for a product that brings that much value to the table.

However, labeling it "real world" seems to be your complaint, since "real world" has consistently been a phrase used to imply "affordable to the general public".

I work in the A/V business, and I work in the real world. True, I have clients who have spent more on a pair of speakers, but those clients fall into two camps. Enthusiasts who choose to spend their savings on the products that bring them a specific level of satisfaction or clients who have deep pockets and want the best based on other reasons than the enjoyment of sound reproduction.

As for the connection with Audiogon, I often see the most expensive examples of product sold as dealer demo's, where the savings are significant and buying demo gear at 50% or more off retail in my opinion represents the real "REAL WORLD" of hi-end audio shopping.

A question for you Reg. Why is it that a marketing mechanism as important and succesful to the hi-end audio marketplace as Audiogon been ignored by TAS and Stereophile? Why doesn't Audiogon receive in depth analysis from either one of these publications?

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retail pricing today is complete fiction - jdouglas51 07:26:48 03/21/08 (1)
- Not true - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 12:08:35 03/21/08 (0)

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