MakeMineVinyl
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Could an evidence-based used car salesman make a living?
Could an evidence-based used car salesman make a living?
Ascend Acoustics has been providing extensive measurements of their speakers for many, many years. That's why I bought a pair of their speakers from them back in 2013. Because they were willing to be transparent about the product they were providing.
This is a pretty interesting speaker for the price, might give the Revel M106 / M126Be a run for its money with that RAAL ribbon tweeter.
http://www.ascendacoustics.com/pages/products/speakers/SRM2EX/srm2exmeas.html
If possible support your local shop, the Amazon way is obviously convenient if you don't mind walking in a desertified city with no shops and the social costs of this model.
I think that's the crux of the matter with retailers, whether on-line or local bricks & mortar. What added value are they providing over on-line / mail order? One great benefit of the Amazon model is that the goods come to you, and if you don't like what you've bought, you can return it at normally no cost. European rules regarding distant selling provides for this anyway, so all on-line retailers have to do something similar.Should I support my local shop if they're only willing to carry something if I pre-order without seeing it first?
What service are they providing me?
But Amazon offers no curation, no active selection of a selected subset from a vast universe of stuff one could buy.
Do you trust brick and mortar hi fi retailers to provide curation independent of profit margin?
I don't think I do...
No doubt.Do you trust brick and mortar hi fi retailers to provide curation independent of profit margin?
I don't think I do...
On the other hand I wouldn't trust the Audio Advisor catalog any farther than I could throw it.Do you trust brick and mortar hi fi retailers to provide curation independent of profit margin?
I don't think I do...
On the other hand I wouldn't trust the Audio Advisor catalog any farther than I could throw them.
They are an online retailer heavily invested in selling cables.
I'd trust [long time Audio Advisor catalog model] Mary HerediaOn the other hand I wouldn't trust the Audio Advisor catalog any farther than I could throw it.