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A general inquiry:
If you compared audio equipment by several categories/ considerations:
1. Price range under $5000,$5000-$10000, etc
2. Type/source ie. analog, digital, streaming
3. Age: last 5 years, 10 years etc
4. Components: speakers, headphones, amps etc
Have really since drastic improvements on innovation and performance? Again looking at age, component, source?
Are $20,000 systems that much better today than 10 years ago (sonically)? Have things improved at certain price ranges or across the board?
Can there be an objective and honest analysis?
Or like most things planned obsolesce? Are we fooling ourselves?
Look at rear projection tvs for example. Say thirty years ago we’re $5-10,000 now you couldn’t give one away. The first 32” Plasma tv I saw in about June 2000 was $18,000 USD when I was in Memphis, again today less than maybe $200. Same with progressive scan DVDs and so on…but I am not sure audio has made real progress for cost per dollar.
If you compared audio equipment by several categories/ considerations:
1. Price range under $5000,$5000-$10000, etc
2. Type/source ie. analog, digital, streaming
3. Age: last 5 years, 10 years etc
4. Components: speakers, headphones, amps etc
Have really since drastic improvements on innovation and performance? Again looking at age, component, source?
Are $20,000 systems that much better today than 10 years ago (sonically)? Have things improved at certain price ranges or across the board?
Can there be an objective and honest analysis?
Or like most things planned obsolesce? Are we fooling ourselves?
Look at rear projection tvs for example. Say thirty years ago we’re $5-10,000 now you couldn’t give one away. The first 32” Plasma tv I saw in about June 2000 was $18,000 USD when I was in Memphis, again today less than maybe $200. Same with progressive scan DVDs and so on…but I am not sure audio has made real progress for cost per dollar.