In Reply to: RE: Out the middleman .... posted by cids on March 28, 2012 at 07:10:42:
The only way to keep this hobby going is to add value. Price is less critical, though still pursuant to success. You can't give MiniDisc players away and for good reason.
It's because folk don't perceive value in horns and tubes that they settle for ipods and non-descript transducers. Or, worse still, some other form of diversion like home theatre (tongue-in-cheek).
My way of sustaining interest in the hobby has been to shift my main focus from great sound (nice as it is to have) to a focus on performances, musicianship and so on. Great gear brings this out. Indifferent stuff doesn't. Otherwise, I would sell the whole lot and take the family on an extra holiday. And, to keep me sharp, that is always an option.
Big J
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- Zero sum game. Disagree. Add value. - jusbe 23:35:36 03/28/12 (0)