Since dynaquest4 mentioned in his post “pre-owned” let’s just suppose one of the components was being offered from a local dealer and it comes with a 90 day return or a one year warranty or some other service. Within that scenario the components would no longer be considered of “like” quality and reliability that dynaquest4 mentioned in his basic formula.
I do agree with your statement that “they have decided that it is a good value to them” in which case the basic formula of appearance/performance/quality/reliability still applies regardless of cost to that individual. What does it matter what someone else thinks?
In other words I have found a cable that costs 10x my current cable and feel it exceeds it in every regard based on the formula. I buy it because for me it is a good value whereas my fellow audiophile friend uses the exact same formula and declares that I am crazy for buying it because he cannot hear the difference. Now do I care about his subjective opinion? Of course not I am building my system not his. But he will still utilize the same formula I used to base his purchasing decision on regardless of what I think a good value is or should be to him.
I do agree with your statement that “they have decided that it is a good value to them” in which case the basic formula of appearance/performance/quality/reliability still applies regardless of cost to that individual. What does it matter what someone else thinks?
In other words I have found a cable that costs 10x my current cable and feel it exceeds it in every regard based on the formula. I buy it because for me it is a good value whereas my fellow audiophile friend uses the exact same formula and declares that I am crazy for buying it because he cannot hear the difference. Now do I care about his subjective opinion? Of course not I am building my system not his. But he will still utilize the same formula I used to base his purchasing decision on regardless of what I think a good value is or should be to him.
