Robb Report

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C'mon now Freediver.

That was quite the rant!

Amusing though.

Actually Freediver.....you're exactly wrong. If you'd actually open the cover of the mag, you'll not hear any music....only see the highest level of artwork, either in fashion, in photography, in industrial design, etc.  It gives one a glimpse of what is attainable with the human mind, hands and the willingness to create - striving for the highest limits of endeavor and accomplishment.  Get the magazine and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Freediver is a hater

I could not wait to check the Robb Report magazine so I tried it on the Internet. I did not find much about audio, they probably still keep it only in the print version, but I did read another interesting article...

These Glamorous Fertility Studios Are Changing the Egg-Freezing Conversation

Diversity rules at that magazine, that is for sure.

Freediver, lets look at a few bit of reality.

Robb report features really expensive things that the wealthy or ultra wealthy think are cool and yes there are items where the cost goes up for the performance that you get.

Is a Bugatti Veryon worth $3.3 million? Is it 10 times better than a Lamborgini? Could it also be that the price of the Bugatti has a lot to do with the rarity of the car and the expense to recoup some of their research and development costs?

The reality is that there are very expensive things that are really good and maybe woth the money and there are items that are outragously expensive are they worth the money that is for the buyer to decide.

There are always products that push the boundaries.

As Axpona heard a $600k system that was freaking amazing and worth the money while we heard a few that were just as expensive that weren’t anywhere as magical and a few that were $200k-300k that were just marginal for the price tag.

There will always be products that push the boundaries in both directions.

Part of the fun in any industry is the lunatic fringe products that are just so cool that somebody took a design to insane ends.

If you consider how rare some of these pieces are and how limited the production runs are, and the cost to build some of these products the high price tag starts to make sense.

Remember that a high end device that makes music can be a complicated device with lots of expensive parts, now consider that a Hermes leather bag is selling for $30k for a piece of nicely finished leather and you will start to see that a $225k, pair of speakers may not be that bad of a deal after all.

Live and let live, if you have the disposable income to afford such lovely luxury goods God Bless you and have fun.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ