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Ah, where do you get your info?

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In Reply to: RE: Make more money, then complain. posted by ontrack2@gmail.com on March 19, 2008 at 18:50:47

I have no doubt that some percentage of both S'phile readers and AA inmates spent $16-40,000 on their speakers. But I'd sure as hell bet its way more than most - if not the overwhelming majority - of us could afford.
AFAIK the term "real world" is not used to define the much less limited possibilities afforded to those with considerably more $$ than most people in a society. In my entire life (I'm 60) I've only personally known two people who had speakers which cost at least $16,000. BTW - neither one of them kept their expensive speakers for 10 years. They sold them after a few years and bought other expensive speakers.
Its obviously true that there are enough people with $$ to generate building/marketing/sales of speakers costing $16-40,000 (and above). But it hardly means those prices are "real world affordable" for the overwhelming majority of audiophiles, let alone the general public.
To state "There is no price which is unaffordable to those who have the resources." is about as profound as declaring "A penniless Bowery drunk is unlikely to buy a set of Valhalla speaker cables".

Edits: 03/19/08 03/20/08

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RE: Ah, where do you get your info? - ontrack2@gmail.com 21:20:53 03/19/08 (0)

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