The Insane World of High End Audio! Is it All a Scam?

He sounds like a hater and can't afford any better then a Wiim mini.

He sounds like a hater and can’t afford any better then a Wiim mini.

I cannot afford costly piece but i am not a "hater" either nor a "snobber"... are you a snobber ?

Why accusing people you dont know ?

My point about acoustics as OP of this thread is the subject, you seems to have missed it ? I did not post this for the sake of cheapaudioman arguments but for what Sherlock Holmes called "the dog which did not barked".

Acoustics basics, not merely room acoustic panels by the way, is the ignored dog which did not bark in audio, for reviewers as for consumers hypnotized by gear design and prices...

This is my point, acoustics general ignorance, and the focus on price high or low and on design of gear, and this is more important than all cheapaudioman points, which point  he did not even think about one second in his video as yourself by the way too much occupied  by the character and in the hurry to "hate" the "hater" ...

Generally, people are flawed in their thinking that if it costs more it must be better. This bias lives in the imagination of humans and makes it easy for scammers.

Years ago Starbucks coffee was doing poorly. They kept lowering the price to lure customers but it wasn't helping. New management came in and immediatly tripled the price on coffee to change the perception that the cheap price = cheap/crap product. Instead the new higher price gave a new image that this coffee is now improved, higher quality. "it must be better at that price!". Even though the coffee was unchanged, people with money were now lured in due to price.  A smart marketing tool that didn't cost them anything.

Certainly the people with money can see the Emporors new clothes. They also hear the sound improvement from a $2000 box of rocks. (they'd never buy the rocks if they were only $50 )

The difference of buying a Rolex vs. a Timex has NOTHING to do with telling time.

Gosh this sounds familiar:

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Very good posts... Thanks Bolong and gdaddy1

But you miss or forget the "dog which did not barked" in the audio conditioning market...