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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?

calvinj
calvinj OP
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@mahgister i been blessed. I have worked my way into my setup in various ways. I’m blessed. But I don’t only look at price. Im picky. Technology used is important. Design elements is important.  The importance of low noise floor with musicality. I found this in INFIGO AND GATO 

cdc
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@calvinj

Why not just ask Audiogon or some other chat site to add an "ultra high-end" forum? With the understanding that those haters are not welcome.

calvinj OP
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@cdc they will find a way to pop up. It is what it is. We all have our vices.  Lol. 

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noromance
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So too are pride, greed, and avarice. 

Envy is a terrible vice.

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mahgister
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I admired high end gear...

If i could afford it i will buy it ...

It is the only way to create new tech. and downsizing it at affordable price for the mass  with the time passing ...

People dont hate high end , they reacted to the impossibility to buy it ...

But there is not only high end design for the S.Q. end goal in audio ; there is also plenty of contributing factors at low cost that will make shine a low cost system so much, as mine, that we can live very well with this minimal acoustical satisfaction threshold ...

Among these low cost factors there is the mechanical, electrical and acoustical working dimensions...

If i had not been blessed by a low income to begin with , i would have never experimented acoustics and learned  other system embeddings controls homemade for more than a full year full time ... Never , it would have been easier to buy panels and called it job done with way costlier components ...

But my limited  wallet dimensions  were a benediction finally ...

Now even if it is not  for sure at the level of high end , my audio system is so good that i almost pity most of those who can afford it more than i really envy ... I learned a lot with fun  ... So is human nature between envy or pride  ... 😊

 

 

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