In Reply to: RE: CES has become a major embarrasment for this hobby posted by Sprezza Tura on January 14, 2013 at 16:32:26:
this one...
To me the factors at play are....
Are the make up of the internal components costly, or approaching the retail cost? Is the dealer accommodation/discounts high?
How does the item "perform" compared to others in its class?
Does it have a unique, creative, insightful topology/design?
And finally, are the pricing structures of more expensive items influencing the pricing structures of others?
You may not think that pure, single crystal gold strands mixed in with single crystal copper & silver wiring perform better than regular old copper, (and it may not in your system, based on other factors), but you can't deny that that $2000 USB cable costs over $1000 to make...
($120 Speltz anti-cables likely do not cost more than $4 or $5)
The high end consists of exclusive, unique, artisan, creative products that are (supposed to be), beautiful to look at, and high performance audio reproduction systems. They have no relation to BestBuy IPOD boomboxes, if you judge them on the basis of a cheap dorm room stereo, then you must necessarily be disappointed & even offended. These are NOT stereo systems..
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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Follow Ups
- I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Sordidman 09:17:32 01/15/13 (23)
- Sordidman, you're a member of the Bay Area Audiophile Society... - TeddiJackEddie 10:23:25 01/15/13 (14)
- Some Strauss, perhaps? - 1973shovel 11:27:34 01/15/13 (2)
- Johnny or Ricky? ... NT - TeddiJackEddie 12:42:07 01/15/13 (1)
- Levi? NT - Enophile 16:04:36 01/15/13 (0)
- Love your taste in music, but don't get your humor, my loss I guess -t - Sordidman 10:40:29 01/15/13 (10)
- As a person having a band in San Francisco... - TeddiJackEddie 15:23:47 01/15/13 (4)
- Primus, MudPuppies, Beatnik Beach, TonyToniTone - Sordidman 17:11:39 01/15/13 (3)
- RE: Primus, MudPuppies, Beatnik Beach, TonyToniTone - geezerrocket 19:21:18 01/15/13 (0)
- Psychofunkapus! Yay! Don't forget The Residents and Red Meat! * - Enophile 18:04:13 01/15/13 (1)
- We never played with them - Sordidman 09:16:30 01/16/13 (0)
- Sordidman, with all due respect and seriousness... - TeddiJackEddie 12:45:59 01/15/13 (3)
- RE: Sordidman, with all due respect and seriousness... - jamesgarvin 10:04:28 01/16/13 (1)
- Hmmmm: that is interesting.... - Sordidman 13:33:22 01/16/13 (0)
- My group was/is Sordid Humor - Sordidman 14:26:56 01/15/13 (0)
- Mine too, obviously. Are you sure it was humor, BTW? N/T - carcass93 12:28:08 01/15/13 (0)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Sprezza Tura 10:19:12 01/15/13 (4)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Sordidman 10:51:33 01/15/13 (3)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Sprezza Tura 11:27:11 01/15/13 (2)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Tony Lauck 20:21:32 01/15/13 (1)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - Sprezza Tura 20:35:01 01/15/13 (0)
- RE: I don't disagree about your case with one individual item - rick_m 10:06:04 01/15/13 (2)
- no universal definition of art - Sordidman 11:00:08 01/15/13 (1)
- RE: no universal definition of art - rick_m 15:47:50 01/15/13 (0)