Voice dictation is a disease like audiophilia....
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Who buys $20,000 components?
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MattHooper
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Voice dictation is a disease like audiophilia....
Unfortunately, it’s a requirement for some people.
Then better to concentrate on improving that rather than taking it too literally?
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I understand that voice dictation is not literally a disease.
Apparently, we both dislike it. I agree voice dictation sucks. I’m not sure how I can improve it.
Now, per the thread, if somebody would just come out with a $20,000 phone with better voice dictation…
So you need voice dictation for your professional audio productions or ??
I understand that voice dictation is not literally a disease.
Apparently, we both dislike it. I agree voice dictation sucks. I’m not sure how I can improve it.
Now, per the thread, if somebody would just come out with a $20,000 phone with better voice dictation…
Voice dictation without actual editing can suck, tho
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I know a guy (a friend from my youth) who had those kind of equipment in his house. For him 20K is not that much, his chair cost more and he is a billionaire, who often spend more than 20K on a hotelroom for a night.
He bought the equipment he had before (Dan D’Agostino and FM acoustics electronics, WIlson speakers and so) because others told him this was the best money could buy. And that is what he does, he buys the best (or what he thinks is the best). His car is a 10Million italian sportscar, his suits cost more than i earn in a year, and so on.
But very soon he realised it's not better, so he asked me to get the best for any price, also cheap. He does not have time to dive into that, he just want it to work so he can listen to his favorite music in the little free time he has. I build a few systems for him and his big castle that he calls his house, that in total costed less than his old main system and the sound is so much better.
So 20K is little money for him, and it's hard for him to understand that the best (objectivly) is so cheap. But he understands the audiphile busssiness now better and how he was ripped off. He does not read this site, he has no time for that. I'm his going to man for audio now because i don't need to sell him stuff, i earn the same money whatever i put in his castle and i do it objectivly like he wishes... I'm not a salesman, i'm a friend from his youth in Belgium and an audiofreak, not an audiophile.
He bought the equipment he had before (Dan D’Agostino and FM acoustics electronics, WIlson speakers and so) because others told him this was the best money could buy. And that is what he does, he buys the best (or what he thinks is the best). His car is a 10Million italian sportscar, his suits cost more than i earn in a year, and so on.
But very soon he realised it's not better, so he asked me to get the best for any price, also cheap. He does not have time to dive into that, he just want it to work so he can listen to his favorite music in the little free time he has. I build a few systems for him and his big castle that he calls his house, that in total costed less than his old main system and the sound is so much better.
So 20K is little money for him, and it's hard for him to understand that the best (objectivly) is so cheap. But he understands the audiphile busssiness now better and how he was ripped off. He does not read this site, he has no time for that. I'm his going to man for audio now because i don't need to sell him stuff, i earn the same money whatever i put in his castle and i do it objectivly like he wishes... I'm not a salesman, i'm a friend from his youth in Belgium and an audiofreak, not an audiophile.
Vintage?
Waxx
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Nope, custom
Only one:
it.motor1.com
Questa Pagani Zonda è stata venduta per 10,4 milioni di euro
La Zonda LM Roadster è un esemplare unico con 760 CV e dettagli di carrozzeria speciali che passa di mano a 10,48 milioni di euro
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Waxx
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If you got money all big italian sportscar manufactors will make a custom couchbuild for you on the technical base of an existing car, it could be exterior or interior design that is custom or both. And prices go to where the customer wants to pay it. And the ultra rich does not want a standard car, even if it is a ferrari or a bugatti or so. It must be unique and they throw big money at that.
It depends. For some people, $20K is pocket change. For others, it's about the same as the amount needed to buy a new car, so a lone gets taken out and paid off in 6 years. For still others, the house is a shambles and the kids are wearing other people's clothes, but this beautiful pair of speakers towers above the rubble. Some bought expensive components, got tired of them, sold them at a loss and acquired new even more expensive replacements. That's when it becomes a problem. I had acquaintance who was like that, and the wife took the kids and left him. It became an obsession with him. I do not know what happened to him because I moved to another state. What was funny is that when I came over to hear his latest setup, he would play just snippets of songs that had some sort of audiophool tizz-boom effect, and never played a whole song.
Kitting the children out in second hand clothes and using the money saved to buy expensive loudspeakers seems like totally rational behaviour to me.
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My point being, where does the magic number of 20k come from? It's completely random and arbitrary and in the cray world of audio, not a lot to spend. Me personally, would be difficult to justify 20k on a single piece of gear know I'm paying for 1" thick face plate and lights vs performance at that $.
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It's easy to spend that much and care about science and good measurements. I've got a 5.1.4 Atmos system that sounds amazing and cost about $15,000 total - Denon AVRX4800, Buckeye Hypex 6-channel amplifier, Dayton 4/8 channel active crossover, Totem Forest mains, custom centres and rears, KEF sub, four in-ceiling speakers, Sony 4k bluray/SACD/DVD-Audio player, Denon CD player, Technics turntable. I did assemble it over a decade and didn't drop 15k all at once, though.
But if you were starting from scratch and put together a system of great-measuring KEFs with a Denon receiver, separate amps for the front channels, and matching KEF in-ceilings for your height channels, for example, you could easily spend well in excess of $20k.
$20K for a full SOTA system bought new isn't unreasonable but the O/P is talking about spending $20K on one component.
I think that the 20K figure was just some arbitrarily chosen sum used to depict a very expensive system or component.
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Blade One Metas are $40k. I'd never spend that on one piece of gear, but if you've got a large room and a lot of disposable income, they are apparently a phenomenal speaker.
Totally agree you can get your money's worth with some expensive speakers, but 20 grand for an amp or DAC is unnecessary in terms of sound-quality alone. Maybe if you're paying extra because you like the styling and/or heroic build quality there is some value there too.
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