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In Reply to: RE: Confused... posted by Jim Austin on March 20, 2008 at 10:45:14
Hi Jim,
What I was trying to say is that when you look at all the automobile an amount of money will buy you and compare it to how much you can spend on a pair of amplifiers, the cost of the amplifiers can seem out of whack.
Very honestly, when I wrote what I wrote I wasn't thinking that a $30k car was very expensive. It brings up another discussion on perspective and what seems to be the societal norm. I live in an affluent area where there are more BMWs, Mercedes and Lexuses in drive ways than Chevys. Personally, I drive a 5-year old Impala that I paid $17k for. But when it comes time to look for something to put the wife and girls in, that's quite another matter-- from my perspective. The car is 4-wheel drive, quick as hell (the ability to get out of harm's way counts too, you know) and it's loaded with airbags. That was a whole lot easier to justify than spending as much on a pair of speakers.
Some say that if we had to sit down and write a check to Uncle Sam every week to settle our tax bill there would be a tax revolt. But since we never see the money, people can be pretty complacent about it all. Where cars are concerned, 4- year loans used to be the norm but now we see 60 and 72- month loans all the time. Were this not the fact, I seriously doubt we’d see the aforementioned cars in the same abundance. So… what would happen if audio dealers started offering the same kind of financing on equipment? Yeah, we’d all be sick of our speakers before they were paid off . Can you imagine having negative equity in your audio system? :-)
It’s somewhat remarkable how much people will drop on a car that indicates status to drive back and forth to work in but they absolutely balk at paying for a pair of Paradigm speakers, let alone a pair of Wilsons. I know one guy who stated that spending a thousand dollars on a pair of speakers is stupid. It just so happens that his monthly bar bill is probably just about that.
It’s all about priorities and what seems normal to you.
Best,
JP
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