High End Amp Price Collapse musings

So it seems that you have ZERO interest in this Class D amplifier technology. You simply want everyone else to buy into the Class D amplifier technology, and just "give" you their nasty old Class A A/B amplifiers. 
Nice thread synopsis!

Perhaps we can convince folks to dump their silly, heavy, full range analog loudspeakers next. Obviously digital speakers are the wave of the future. 
Maybe we can buy a pair of Magico S7's for a couple hundred bucks!!  

Believe in something hard enough, and maybe you can make it happen!! ;^)

BTW, my Pass Labs XA-100.5's do sound

terrfic

I actually am intetested in the class D technology. Give it a bit more time. Bottom line is that the equipment that sounds amazing today will still sound amazing into the future. Thats great for everyone.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't wish I could get high end equipment cheap lol. Having said that; if prices drop on any used audio the value of all my equipment drops as well:)
Your pass labs is certainly a piece I would be proud to have although at this time I cant afford it. 
Something tells me I won't really be convincing the masses to dump thier silly equipment. That wasn't the intention. It really was a simple musing/speculation. Having said that I do see your interpretation. Over....

The economics mentioned in the first post assumes a rational market where demand is created by first order information. Consumers would buy the best product and shift demand based on somewhat perfect information. Hifi is more akin to religion. The opinion makers, which are in the most part the magazines, drive the demand. Once something is a few years old and no longer on this or that list, the demand and prices drop.

The situation is akin to Keynesian beauty contest analogy.

"It is not a case of choosing those [faces] that, to the best of one’s judgment, are really the prettiest, nor even those that average opinion genuinely thinks the prettiest. We have reached the third degree where we devote our intelligences to anticipating what average opinion expects the average opinion to be. And there are some, I believe, who practice the fourth, fifth and higher degrees." (Keynes, General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, 1936).

It’s immaterial whether Class D or Class A amps are better. By the way, I love my Pass Labs XA100.8. ;)

Class D vs Class A/AB is like ground beef vs prime rib!

Using class D for a subwoofer amp. Quite acceptable IMO. However, even an Audio Research 150.5 class D amp eventually grew unsatisfying with my Rennasaince 90's. Aragon 8008BB much better now.

Swiss Watches,  French Champagne, Cuban Cigars,  American/Canadian/British High End Audio.    None of these things will ever be well reproduced in China.   Audio Research, Krell, Pass Labs, Jadis,  etc.   show me class D coming out of China, because thats who makes it,  that is in any way close to our Class A products.   As far at CRT television,  well,  most of the professional TV studio mastering is still done on CRT.  Yes, they are $50K CRT tubes, but still they are old technology refined to the point that its far higher quality than any mass produced flat screen from China.   Take Jolida amps, I've owned 2,  great amps, but they are not worth the money new that is about the same as a good ARC tube amp used.   Why is McIntosh still making the same exact product 40+ years later?   Because its just better,  better made, better materials and better sounding.    You can keep Class D.  If i wanted class D I would have a home theater system and not a full tube 2 channel stereo system .