Be honest please

"...11-14-15: Dayglow
John421-If that gear(NAD/JVC) is enough for you, that's great. For most of us on Agon we value sound quality over cost..."

Nailed it!

That's why there are three distinct strata of gear in this hobby:
Low-fi, mid-fi and hi-fi, and we all have choices as to where we choose to be.

I don't care where one chooses to dwell...good luck to everybody

BUT.... And it's a big "but".....

"bragging" or "chirping" about

(A) espousing one's heavily biased anecdotal merits about their race to the bottom

AND/OR ESPECIALLY

(B) anonymous pontification about equating the said cast-off bargain-basement pick-ups to quality-build gear performance wise or questioning the merits of why others choose hi-end quality gear and correlated price outlay

Is, simply put, (politely) hardly a badge of honour , or (bluntly) irritating.

Just never was that wealthy or foolish to spend thousands on audio equipment!But I know one thing,90% of the people who are wealthy accomplished it 4 different ways.They hit the lottery,they inherited it,they robbed a bank or spent many years cheating other people out of there money!Actually about 10% of the people that are wealthy actually earned it!If the shoe fits were it!

"Actually about 10% of the people that are wealthy actually earned it!If the shoe fits were it!
John421 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)"

And I thought cable companies make some wild claims.

John, that is not true. The instigators just make the numbers seem larger with negative press, and repetition, until people like you believe most rich are evil.

Do some research for yourself as to how much good is actually done by good men with resources.

Just don't get were people comment about all the thousand of dollars,some hundreds of thousands on what they spend on audio equipment and some pompous a...s make rude remarks on what I spend on vintage gear!