stringreen, I’ve been somewhat a critic of yours for a while. Mostly because of your willingness to (seemingly) support any product that comes out of Cliffwood. I remember asking you a few years ago about your recommending the ceramic platter. Upon my asking, I found out that you had never owned one but that your recommendation was based on Harry’s recommendation.
Yes! A company’s goal should be to improve their product. Most companies take a year or two to roll out an improved product. VPI has condensed this down to what seems like every 1/4. This, to me seems like that at every whim Harry has, for a new product, he has the ability to put it out for the masses with little regard for inherently new/better designs that will stand the test of time, but for the almighty advertising dollar/social media talk that seems to drive VPI’s popularity along with the ongoing Talk on threads such as this.
This is not good for the industry as a whole IMO. VPI has hit on a rare point in history where they can seemingly do no wrong in the eyes of most.
Will one ever see the interest in a VPI product 20 years down the road that there is now for a Rock 7, that has only been out of production for about 5 years? Highly unlikely!
Yes! A company’s goal should be to improve their product. Most companies take a year or two to roll out an improved product. VPI has condensed this down to what seems like every 1/4. This, to me seems like that at every whim Harry has, for a new product, he has the ability to put it out for the masses with little regard for inherently new/better designs that will stand the test of time, but for the almighty advertising dollar/social media talk that seems to drive VPI’s popularity along with the ongoing Talk on threads such as this.
This is not good for the industry as a whole IMO. VPI has hit on a rare point in history where they can seemingly do no wrong in the eyes of most.
Will one ever see the interest in a VPI product 20 years down the road that there is now for a Rock 7, that has only been out of production for about 5 years? Highly unlikely!