madavid0
"Now let's take two tonearms, the Audiomods V and the Durand Kairos. The price difference is very large, easily around 500-600%. Now, from an audio perofmance perspective is there a meaningful difference? How much better does the Kairos sound -- 100%, 50%, 10%, 2% ? Assuming both arms are well-matched to the cartridge in question, IS THE KAIROS A RIPOFF?"
I guess the discussion here is price verse value
or in the audiophile world price verse improvement .
The cost of equipment verse the improvement can be viewed as a
mathematical curve called a parabola where the cost factor
is the x and the improvement is the y ,
as the x increases the y increases at a much great rate not a 1 to 1
ratio .
Each of us has to decide how much we can spend to get that
next bit of improvement RIP OFF no, just more and more expensive
to get the last little bit of improvement .
One solution for all of us is to Buy Used from the " Haves ",
they are NOT ruining it for all of us , they are making it available for all of us either directly with used equipment or indirectly by buying top of the line equipment that gives manufactures the resources for trickle down technology .
NKONOR ?
So other than your 2 cents attack on me ,
Do you think that the money you have spent on your system
is a RIP OFF ? because that is the question !
My 2 cents
"Now let's take two tonearms, the Audiomods V and the Durand Kairos. The price difference is very large, easily around 500-600%. Now, from an audio perofmance perspective is there a meaningful difference? How much better does the Kairos sound -- 100%, 50%, 10%, 2% ? Assuming both arms are well-matched to the cartridge in question, IS THE KAIROS A RIPOFF?"
I guess the discussion here is price verse value
or in the audiophile world price verse improvement .
The cost of equipment verse the improvement can be viewed as a
mathematical curve called a parabola where the cost factor
is the x and the improvement is the y ,
as the x increases the y increases at a much great rate not a 1 to 1
ratio .
Each of us has to decide how much we can spend to get that
next bit of improvement RIP OFF no, just more and more expensive
to get the last little bit of improvement .
One solution for all of us is to Buy Used from the " Haves ",
they are NOT ruining it for all of us , they are making it available for all of us either directly with used equipment or indirectly by buying top of the line equipment that gives manufactures the resources for trickle down technology .
NKONOR ?
So other than your 2 cents attack on me ,
Do you think that the money you have spent on your system
is a RIP OFF ? because that is the question !
My 2 cents