@rcm1203 i agree. I go to WBF and because the guys there spend more I literally had a guy that was in here and there tell me what I wouldn’t do or say they there. It just wreaked of uppityness there. One of the most knowledgeable audiophiles I know has a modest system that just sounds amazing. He is happy and enjoys it. That’s all it should be about in the first place.
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
It seems like when I see comments on high end gear there is a lot of negativity. I have been an audiophile for the last 20 years. Honestly, if you know how to choose gear and match gear a lot of the high end gear is just better. When it comes to price people can charge what they want for what they create. If you don’t want it. Don’t pay for it. Look if you are blessed to afford the best bear and you can get it. It can be very sonically pleasing. Then do it. Now if you are also smart and knowledgeable you can get high end sound at mid-fi prices then do it. It’s the beauty of our our hobby. To build a system that competes with the better more expensive sounding systems out there. THOUGHTS?
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@riccitone the beauty of this hobby is that we build a system and try to get premium performance sometimes without paying premium price. You wanna maximize your dollar and performance. My speakers for instance perform well with the higher priced gear that I have but I bought them because if the research I did and they fit my tastes. There will always be trade offs and tastes preferences. |
@campoly a few years ago I left the forums because of the snarky comments about high end gear. I didn’t put a lot of stock in the peoples comments but when trying to discuss it on forums it devolved into personal attacks or people are idiots to spend a lot of money on gear. People think I’m trolling because if this post and others. The reason why I post on this topic because it went back to the reason I left in the first place. I used to have great conversation about gear, systems and tweaks as I grew in the hobby as was able to afford the higher priced gear. Then when I discussed higher priced gear on Audiogon in particular. I saw the snide comments. I don’t care about the comments but it would destroy the reasonable legitimate conversation and listening experiences of the folks that were interested. I’m more agitated that it destroyed serious discourse and conversation more than anything. |
@mteetank great post. I’m laughing 😂! At the end of the day. I enjoy my system and the music. Music is the soundtrack to life. |
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