In Reply to: Agreed, but posted by jusbe on March 28, 2012 at 05:26:22:
The only way for this wonderful hobby to survive is to keep the price of the related gears low. If we can buy directly from the manufacturer, we instantly cut the price of the 100%. Personally I don't trust any inputs from the retailers. All their advices are to steer you to buy the products they represent. That's all. This is seif-interest theory at its best.
The major reason that this hobby is dieing is the extremely high price of the audio gears. If there is no middleman, then the gears cut 100% of the price. Lower price mean more sales and the survivability of the manufacturer looks brighter.
In this internet age, a new Hi-End audio business model has to emerge or this hobby will be gone in the next few years. I personally now buy all my CDs/LPs and all my audio gears in the net. I think it can be done.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Out the middleman .... - cids 07:10:42 03/28/12 (2)
- Zero sum game. Disagree. Add value. - jusbe 23:35:36 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: Out the middleman .... - jlandreth 07:39:49 03/28/12 (0)