In Reply to: Would you actually call a reviewer 'father of the high end'? posted by Pat D on March 3, 2011 at 06:14:22:
"The High End" is a marketing category. It is entirely possible that HP was very important in the creation of this marketing segment.
It is questionable whether the quality of music that most of us listen to is better because of the existence of this marketing segment. It is entirely possible that without this artificial market segmentation the overall quality of run of the mill equipment (previously called Hi-Fi, now called mid-fi) would be better. And well before this artificial marketing segmentation there were niche products that were priced out of the range of all but a fraction of audiophiles.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- Yes, "The High End" is a marketing segment created by peddlers, not engineers or scientists - Tony Lauck 10:33:02 03/03/11 (41)
- Not true then... - mkuller 11:56:49 03/03/11 (40)
- RE: Not true then... - Pat D 13:34:21 03/03/11 (35)
- "I can't see that HP and other reviewers had much to do with it." - E-Stat 15:43:26 03/03/11 (11)
- RE: "I can't see that HP and other reviewers had much to do with it." - Pat D 16:22:02 03/03/11 (10)
- You know what - E-Stat 18:13:04 03/03/11 (9)
- RE: You know what - Pat D 19:26:09 03/03/11 (8)
- That's what make the reviews interesting... - mkuller 10:58:19 03/04/11 (7)
- RE: That's what make the reviews interesting... - Pat D 17:14:22 03/04/11 (6)
- If you don't understand ... - mkuller 17:49:38 03/04/11 (5)
- "Trust Your Ears" - kerr 07:03:08 03/06/11 (4)
- Straw man. - Pat D 20:35:57 03/06/11 (3)
- Actually, not a man of any composition - kerr 06:42:39 03/07/11 (2)
- RE: Actually, not a man of any composition - Pat D 08:24:05 03/07/11 (1)
- Ah - thanks! - kerr 09:14:55 03/07/11 (0)
- Julian Hirsch at least... - mkuller 15:25:28 03/03/11 (19)
- That explains much. - regmac 08:08:43 03/04/11 (6)
- Your arrow missed the mark! - Charles Hansen 19:21:52 03/06/11 (0)
- Let me relate my experience... - mkuller 10:34:11 03/04/11 (2)
- Just having you on, Mike. - regmac 11:06:12 03/04/11 (1)
- Funny... - mkuller 14:08:10 03/04/11 (0)
- "A bit self-serving, don't you think? " - E-Stat 08:47:59 03/04/11 (1)
- RE: "A bit self-serving, don't you think? " - regmac 11:01:13 03/04/11 (0)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - josh358 15:34:40 03/03/11 (11)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - Tony Lauck 17:20:33 03/03/11 (4)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - josh358 17:59:57 03/03/11 (3)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - Tony Lauck 10:19:48 03/04/11 (2)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - josh358 16:45:15 03/04/11 (1)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - Tony Lauck 06:27:10 03/05/11 (0)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - Pat D 16:35:18 03/03/11 (5)
- That's not the point... - mkuller 18:55:11 03/03/11 (3)
- Nothing original here. This started in the 1930's. - Tony Lauck 10:42:07 03/04/11 (2)
- Ahh, J. Peter Moncrieff.... - mkuller 11:00:55 03/04/11 (1)
- RE: Ahh, J. Peter Moncrieff.... - Tony Lauck 11:14:12 03/04/11 (0)
- RE: Julian Hirsch at least... - josh358 17:02:54 03/03/11 (0)
- RE: Not true then... - josh358 14:58:03 03/03/11 (2)
- RE: Not true then... - Pat D 15:11:34 03/03/11 (1)
- RE: Not true then... - josh358 15:26:59 03/03/11 (0)
- RE: Not true then... - rick_m 12:31:32 03/03/11 (0)
- RE: Not true then... - Tony Lauck 12:21:47 03/03/11 (2)
- RE: CDP-101 - rick_m 12:35:03 03/03/11 (1)
- RE: CDP-101 - Tony Lauck 12:38:13 03/03/11 (0)