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RE: IMO, there's a huge element of self-deception.

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ecl876

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In Reply to: RE: IMO, there's a huge element of self-deception. posted by ghost of olddude55 on January 31, 2024 at 07:07:26

I agree. And nowhere is this more evident than when Fremer does his turntable or cartridge comparisons. When he has compared expensive with inexpensive cartridges and asked viewers, after playing a clip of both, which was which, inevitably opinions were almost equally divided. But there were some who said they could detect huge differences. And often, they were wrong: they liked the inexpensive cartridge. These people think they have golden ears but, in fact, their ears are just pedestrian!

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I'm not immune. - ghost of olddude55 07:34:52 01/31/24 (4)
I remember when the first sets of "audiophile" interconnects showed up at a local audio store. I jumped, even though the price was high for the day.
Of course, I swore up and down the cables made a huge difference but in reality they didn't sound any different than the cheap stuff from Radio Shack.
My brain said I heard a difference but the difference wasn't really there. After a few weeks, the cables went in a drawer and never came out again.
As far as inflation goes though, if anything, there's been deflation. A good example is LP prices. The MoFi LPs I bought back in the late 70s, they were $18 bucks. That's 84 2023 dollars.
But reissues from outfits like Rhino, Craft, Blue Note, Verve, they're in the $30-$35 range which would have been $7-$8 in 1978.
The Schiit Vidar amp is $800, which was 171 1978 dollars. You couldn't even get a decent 20wpc receiver for $170 in 1978.
I bought a Fosi V3 last month. It was $130. In 1978, it would have set me back a whopping $30.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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- RE: I'm not immune. - ecl876 07:59:06 01/31/24 (3)
  There are exceptions, though. Electric Recording Company's lps are worth every penny of the $500 they charge. (Kidding!)
  - Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ghost of olddude55 08:04:27 01/31/24 (2)
    ...the typical LP today costs less than the typical LP did in 1977 or 1978 in terms of real dollars and the quality is a lot better now than it was then.
    
    The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
    - RE: Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ecl876 09:59:10 01/31/24 (1)
      I'm not familiar with the word "grogan" so I looked it up. Evidently, you meant something else?
      https://slangdefine.org/g/grogan-869a.html (Open in New Window)
      Edits: 01/31/24
      - Meant something entirely different back in the Seventies. - ghost of olddude55 12:01:30 01/31/24 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... posted by ecl876 on January 31, 2024 at 09:59:10
        
        Back then, an old grogan was one of those grouchy-ass old persons that disapproved of everything and everybody younger than they were.
        
        The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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