Let's just say that whilst there are music lovers there is hope to upsell to them. I firmly believe that more people are listening to more music at good quality now than at any other time. Just fewer are sitting in front of a big rig to do it.
High end is going aspirational so its on the tick list of the more money than sense brigade to go with their Patek Philippe and Ferrari. Let them keep it. You can buy/build something that is reference standard for less now than ever before. You also have access to informed opinion that was not available in the past.
To me, things are looking good.
High end is going aspirational so its on the tick list of the more money than sense brigade to go with their Patek Philippe and Ferrari. Let them keep it. You can buy/build something that is reference standard for less now than ever before. You also have access to informed opinion that was not available in the past.
To me, things are looking good.
I totally agree with that, and there are of course lots of music lovers but the true is that at least 90% of them don`t care much even for a decent audio quality reproduction, mp3s and plastic computer speakers are just fine for them.
The inconvenient truth about audio is that the better it is, the more fussy you need to be about every aspect of it. Just like cars, you can't drop a Ferrari engine into a normal car chassis, and expect it to suddenly be a supercar - the suspension, steering and brakes all have to be brought to a much higher standard, otherwise it's probably going to be an ugly mess at some point.You will see that many people prefer music with LESS information and less resolution. FM radio, if digital then TV, tape, LP, PC speakers, chipamps. In my ABX test many people preferred mp3 version to original data. This is a sad truth and usually indicates to poor audio system
But people often make this mistake with audio - hence the complete disasters one hears all the time in systems made up of expensive components: they're able to go a lot "faster", but no-one is enjoying the ride - except perhaps the owner ...
.Balance is everything ... if the system can't reproduce the greater information and resolution cleanly, then you're much better off not trying to extract it in the first place ...
But those music lovers are exactly the people you can convert to better. I converted my wife, who thought that B&O was the height of quality. Her system is now in the bedroom. If people discover that a couple of thousand gives you 90% of the high end then it will spread. Sadly other than richer sound, dealers make too much profit on snake oil cables not to push them as a must have.
disagree. An iphone plugged into my main rig still sounds good on good material.
And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I said fussy, not implying expensive or pretentious - if the source mechanism works well then there may be a good match. A friend has ended up using a Cowon audio player as his main source, the tweaked Quad CD player, and heavily modified TT largely sit in the background, because that simple, battery operated, palm sized device delivers better sound ...
Don't understand technical stuff. But I guess well made Mobiles can be good options for digital source.
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This is the logic of those who have. Those who have not simply cannot afford better than anything, which is still more than nothing.
If you live in a country in which the average monthly salarly is less than €400, and your monthly utilities bills are like €180, with say just one kid, and even assuming your wife is employed and actually receives her monthly paycheck, you will just barely get by that month. But with zero accumulation. So, even a low priced system, amounting to a total of say €1.000 is simply beyond your financial reach, never mind that you'd love to have it.
And all that only assuming you are employed at all, offcial statistics claim the unemployment rate to be around 27%, unofficial estimates say more like 39%. And worse still, of the total number of the unemployed over 65% are those same young people who dearly love their music.
That explains why the secondary (second hand) market is so lively locally. A few are looking to upgrade, but most are looking simply to buy something.
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Marce, whatever it is, SOMEBODY will want to control the copyrights to any new technology and/or process. This implies heavy battles to come in courts over this amtter, which translates into end user higher prices.
Philips didn't invent magnetic tape, but they did invent the new (at the time) compact cassette format.
All you have to do is to patent the process.
If you are that strapped you cannot afford the music either, so you make your own and get the ultimate quality.
Even in poor countries smart phones are starting to become ubiquitous, which gives them a good quality starting point from which to build.
FWIW everything in my system bar the 18 years old cartridge was bought second hand.
Even in poor countries smart phones are starting to become ubiquitous, which gives them a good quality starting point from which to build.
FWIW everything in my system bar the 18 years old cartridge was bought second hand.
I'll stick to classic CD for the time being. NAD gave me 5 selectable filter values, so I cannot complain I have no choice and must take it as is.
Havin read about the backlash of the "loudness wars", it would seem that the classic format is not ready to give up the ghost just yet. And really, all it needs is some good software.
And due to the advent and ever dropping prices of memory sticks, there's really no need to use anyhing but the straight WAV format, not with 8 GB prices being what they are.
Havin read about the backlash of the "loudness wars", it would seem that the classic format is not ready to give up the ghost just yet. And really, all it needs is some good software.
And due to the advent and ever dropping prices of memory sticks, there's really no need to use anyhing but the straight WAV format, not with 8 GB prices being what they are.
Playing direct out of a phone is banned in the house though (it sounds like cats mating), they can use headphones, its great when we all get together, the wife, kids and grandkids all plugged in... like the matrix in the front room. (I don't do phone music or headphones, tinnitus).
If only I could find a mind control app!!
If only I could find a mind control app!!
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