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Koreans seem to me to be a very interesting people...

Posted by RGA (R) on March 23, 2007 at 04:42:54

In Reply to: Re: Come to Korea... posted by Atwood on March 22, 2007 at 08:16:38:

in some ways very much slaves to what is "in" but in other ways not so much. The culture is almost built on 1950's American ideology with a Caste system still evident.

Yongsan is one area -- there is no real space to listen to anything in these shops but at the same time all the equipment is in the ame boat with the same disadvantage. Contrary to popular belief you can get a sense of most speakers in less than ideal set-ups.

Shops come and go because some shop owners do not know how to run a business - I never said they were better business people. Competition in all things in Korea is very high. 10 restaurants all right beside eachother selling the exact same menu means that over time one o two is bound to go under.

Then again in the West I have seen how often brands come and go from dealers and it is bery high as well.

There are many dealers who carry only what will net them the highest bucks and some dealers carry what they like. Good dealers will carry both which is why my favorite dealer in BC is Soundhounds. They willcarry all the heavily advertised stuff because it keeps the kids in shoes. But they carry stuff they themselves buy to listen to in their own homes because some very small percentage of the people who walk through the doors are not slaves to the magazine review.

On the whole the stuff carried in Yongsan is a step above the stuff found in most dealers I have been into in the west. The listening rooms may not be great but then for this money you would have an in home trial. At least it is not the "listen to the Paradigm, PSB, Energy, B&W cut from the same monotonous "where's the dynamics" east coast copycat cloth.

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