Price rarely plays into it.
’shiny shiny crow’ is the big arbiter on the "buy/don’t buy" scenario.
Shiny shiny crow, is a euphemism for the attractions of the product, however that may play out.
Is the item shiny - to your inner crow? If it is, you’ll probably buy it.
I'd like to think that audio qualities are at the top of all lists of everyone who might buy a piece of audio gear.
Decades in the industry taught me that this idealization on my part is not the dominant part of the market. Or, that quality may be there, but the shininess of the item is what truly seals the deal.
It's not truly a criticism, but more of a idealism on my part - that gets shot to pieces in the real world. The reality is that few people know how to evaluate a item in the best sense. Thus appearance and neatness takes second spot and sometimes first place in the decision tree in buying behaviour.
’shiny shiny crow’ is the big arbiter on the "buy/don’t buy" scenario.
Shiny shiny crow, is a euphemism for the attractions of the product, however that may play out.
Is the item shiny - to your inner crow? If it is, you’ll probably buy it.
I'd like to think that audio qualities are at the top of all lists of everyone who might buy a piece of audio gear.
Decades in the industry taught me that this idealization on my part is not the dominant part of the market. Or, that quality may be there, but the shininess of the item is what truly seals the deal.
It's not truly a criticism, but more of a idealism on my part - that gets shot to pieces in the real world. The reality is that few people know how to evaluate a item in the best sense. Thus appearance and neatness takes second spot and sometimes first place in the decision tree in buying behaviour.