Yeah, about that...Fortunately, Business to Business spending is much more price related to performance rather than brand image.
S.
"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"
Ok, that might not translate to youngsters.
Yeah, about that...Fortunately, Business to Business spending is much more price related to performance rather than brand image.
S.
After all the talk, I think many people just want unobtrusive background music.The sound of real instruments in a recording studio is quite shocking! There's a great deal more of what subjectivists describe as "bright" and "hard". There's a lot less of what subjectivists describe as "warm" and "smooth".
It's also not true in the Pro Audio market. Riders will specify specific brands of PA, if you are a receiving house then you are going to have a much better time with a d&b PA than trying to convince people to accept EM Acoustics despite the fact they are similar quality.Yeah, about that...
"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"
Ok, that might not translate to youngsters.
That's true, or at least it was at the time. However, at least IBM were reliable, and in B2B, that counts for a lot. That they will be there for long-term support will matter more than price.Yeah, about that...
"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"
Ok, that might not translate to youngsters.
I think we do that pretty well already. Most people here want "value", my word for it. You may pay a lot, but you get something technically defensible.When Harry Pearson (is mentioning that name a banning offence?) coined the term high end audio, he stated as I understood it that he wanted a new term for high performance gear - committed above all to the best music making at the expense of all else, because "high fidelity" meant the old overpriced brands. So it need not be expensive at all. Of course, he then just got caught up in the then new overpriced brands instead...
ASR should reclaim that early definition. A high end speaker should again not be determined by price but by capability. It is the speaker that is dedicated to music production above all else, that measures well and/or passes muster in properly controlled listening tests.
What makes a song a great song or a painting a great work of art? We simply don't have adequate measurement techniques or definitions.What makes and defines a speaker as
"high-end" vs just good a speaker?
Price?
Performance?
If so, what price? What performance?
I actually am not sure what my total outlay on audio gear is and measuring it would be difficult since some pieces have been with me for decades and others only months, but for most of my adult life my stereo was worth more and cost me more than the cars I have owned.It's clear that people have different tolerance for spending money on audio toys, and different definition of high end. I'm very curious at which point you feel like you are perhaps spending too much on one piece of equipment purchase.
At one point, my wife and I decided 0.1% of our liquid net worth (not counting house, mortgage, retirement savings) is what we can randomly spend without feeling too much guilt. For a piece of major audio equipment, I would say my tolerance is probably around 1%. What is yours?
More important to me is where my money is spent. I last bought speakers 11 years ago and they are still doing fine but soaked up about 50% of my budget for my HT system. Since then most of my spending has gone to content but lately, I am finding very little that interests me. The defining point for me is: does it improve the sound meaningfully? If it does I bring in the value-for-money criteria, if not I reject the upgrade. Luckily, as I get older (and this applies to everybody) my standards for what meaningfully improves the sound get lower and lower.It's clear that people have different tolerance for spending money on audio toys, and different definition of high end. I'm very curious at which point you feel like you are perhaps spending too much on one piece of equipment purchase.
At one point, my wife and I decided 0.1% of our liquid net worth (not counting house, mortgage, retirement savings) is what we can randomly spend without feeling too much guilt. For a piece of major audio equipment, I would say my tolerance is probably around 1%. What is yours?