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In Reply to: RE: Will high end audio survive Covid-19? posted by suekraft on July 28, 2020 at 20:11:45
Running SoundStage! and actually traveling in the UK the moment that the S&*t really hit the fan with COVID-19, I've been immersed in this for months and have strong opinions. In a nutshell...Good companies will make it through this easily. By good, I mean well-run companies with a good dealer base and/or online presences that sell well-made products that can justify their prices. Great companies are those same companies, they just do all or some of that better. In fact, many of these companies are, right now and for the past few months, doing as good or even better than ever.
What will hurt are brick-and-mortar hi-fi dealers with poor online presences and "questionable" manufacturers -- companies that are running on a shoestring as is, are selling products that aren't competitive, etc. They'll be weeded out, no question. Many hi-fi shows will go by the wayside, not just because they can't put them on right now, but because they're so financially hurting they won't be able to put them on in the future.
On the whole, though, hi-fi will live and even thrive after COVID-19 settles down more.
Doug Schneider
www.SoundStage.com
Edits: 08/02/20Follow Ups:
We knew Doug so have laid-on the sunshine and warm weahter (for the UK) for you.
(Yes, that was the worst spell of weather we have had!).
RGA, I liked and agree with what you said. When someone dumps on your grammar they have nothing to add to the original topic. I suck at spelling and would never try to question anyone else. Maybe there is a spelling forum out there, Mark K.
Spelling and grammar are the "spectacle" level of language. The key is the meaning behind the words.
As illustrated in the photo above - the message is easily read even with most of the letters and numbers in a complete jumble.
Granted as an English teacher overseas I have to fill in the gaps to get what many students are trying to say. And most times I can get the meaning. That is the point of language. To converse and to be understood regardless of errors in grammar or even word usage. The other day I was watching an episode of Star Trek TNG and the character said jealous when he should have said envious. However, those two words are often used interchangeably - even though they should not be used interchangeably.
Noam Chomsky on Language. At 9:30 minutes on regarding the literary language versus natural language.
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