Well, if you can’t hear the connection, maybe you don’t belong in this hobby.
/sarcasm
All I hear is noise....
Well, if you can’t hear the connection, maybe you don’t belong in this hobby.
/sarcasm
That is simply not true because otherwise their would be no continual development and evolution of products. Look at companies that are dishonest and make poor quality products that do not compete in the free market place for people's money. They eventually go bankrupt. Look at companies that are honest and make quality products. They compete successfully in the market place and grow and improve their products over time.
What was this thread about originally?
You can't seriously believe that?
I'm an incredibly naive person myself, but statements like that makes me want to use kindergarten pedagogy as a responce, no offence
The world is not as black and white as you seem to believe it is.
Continual development and evolution of products mostly only happens if there's a demand for it. After (proto) humans discovered how to make fire, not a single technological advancement happened again for 1½ million years... or so I've been told. No one saw the need for it.
Advancements usually only happen "automatically" if they have the potential to increase peoples chances of survival and/or procreation. Basically: Will this make my life easier, and if not, can it be used as a weapon (the other side of the same coin)? Real tangible improvements of audio products, other than increased functionality and ease of use, cater to none of that, meaning that the free market has next to no influence on them, especially since the line of diminishing returns (arguably) was crossed decades ago.
If the free market was actually the deciding factor, Hi-fi and audiophilia wouldn't even be a thing. Everybody would have a Sonos and be perfectly happy
Well, that's just my point of view. It might be a bit pessimistic, but I still think that you put way too much trust in peoples ability to make rational decisions. Don't get me wrong. The "free" market is good for many things, but if it was truly as free as some would like it to be, the shit would hit the fan really fast (Yeah, I'm a smelly hippie.. I know).
I have no idea!
Back to the topic, anyone?
You can't seriously believe that?
I'm an incredibly naive person myself, but statements like that makes me want to use kindergarten pedagogy as a responce, no offence
The world is not as black and white as you seem to believe it is.
Continual development and evolution of products mostly only happens if there's a demand for it. After (proto) humans discovered how to make fire, not a single technological advancement happened again for 1½ million years... or so I've been told. No one saw the need for it.
Advancements usually only happen "automatically" if they have the potential to increase peoples chances of survival and/or procreation. Basically: Will this make my life easier, and if not, can it be used as a weapon (the other side of the same coin)? Real tangible improvements of audio products, other than increased functionality and ease of use, cater to none of that, meaning that the free market has next to no influence on them, especially since the line of diminishing returns (arguably) was crossed decades ago.
If the free market was actually the deciding factor, Hi-fi and audiophilia wouldn't even be a thing. Everybody would have a Sonos and be perfectly happy
Well, that's just my point of view. It might be a bit pessimistic, but I still think that you put way too much trust in peoples ability to make rational decisions. Don't get me wrong. The "free" market is good for many things, but if it was truly as free as some would like it to be, the shit would hit the fan really fast (Yeah, I'm a smelly hippie.. I know).
I have no idea!
Back to the topic, anyone?
You can't seriously believe that?
Money funds the development of a product. If there is no money to be made there is no incentive to improve a product.
You are basically denying the reality of the tremendous success of entire U.S. Capitalistic system with your argument.
Methinks a troll has settled in...
that doesn’t mean you won’t win every now and then, but you would lose a lot of money if you did it over and over again-the mirror image of the profitability of the business.
Maybe you missed the /sarcasm tag to indicate I was joking (making an allusion to the indignant subjective golden-ears)? Not sure.All I hear is noise....
We routinely refuse these offers based on price
You are basically denying the reality of the tremendous success of entire U.S. Capitalistic system with your argument.
yes that’s usually the appropriate response, unless you are confident it will break in a warranty-covered fashion, which apparently you are, in certain circumstances.
Yes please. I am embarrassed by frequent devolution of worthy discussions into these infantile free market polemics.PLEASE COULD A MODERATOR CLEAN UP THIS THREAD; it has become exhausting ....and a lot of work for you too, sorry
HiAny updates on the ETA from Purifi ???
TIA
https://nadelectronics.com/nad-electronics-and-purifi-audio-announce-cooperation-agreement/ I wonder what product this may be in
https://nadelectronics.com/nad-electronics-and-purifi-audio-announce-cooperation-agreement/ I wonder what product this may be in