What Is The Cost Of Amplifier Casework?
It’s what’s inside that counts.So you would pay Porsche prices for a Porsche built car that looked like a Gremlin? BTW, Schitt Audio clearly pays attention to how their products look. As does PS Audio, NAD and other "budget" audiophile brands. Their cases are not cheaply made. Making it look good is relatively easy. Getting it to sound good is harder. If you can't do the easy part, how you going to do the hard part? |
So you would pay Porsche prices for a Porsche built car that looked like a Gremlin?IMO, car is more status symbol than an amp. You drive a car in public and listen in private. I enjoy listening in the dark so who cares? The best is TriPoint with 200000000 ... Steinway coating housing a pile of mineral. Are you buying furniture or a ground box?? |
So you would pay Porsche prices for a Porsche built car that looked like a Gremlin?With sound it depends if you are an "audiophile" with sound as your 1st preference. Or if what you look at is more important. You'll never see a MacIntosh owner with all his gear off to the side, except for the speakers. I've seen it too many times, many (not all) rich guys ask me what's the best, who just want the best to show off to their rich mates, even though they are all deaf, and can't tell the difference. And then set it up like an 'advert" with all the gear on $$$$$ racking in-between the speakers, trashing the stereo image and depth. Cheers George |
that place speakers too close to side and especially rear walls are trashing imaging and depth.Yes that too, but the worst offender for ruining stereo imagery and depth is the shiny hard equipment rack full of equipment in-between the speakers. First best thing is to get empty space between the speakers and as far back as you can, Neville Thiele (rip) taught me this, a long while back. Cheers George |
