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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Who has best sound in High-End Audio?

Post Subject: *House Style* is artistic integrity.Posted by AOK_Farmer on: 12/26/2010

*House style*, whether couture, wine, symphonic composition, or something specific such as Romy's audio construction is a logical consistency between products from a given manufacturer due to that manufacturer's take on the art form. I would argue that the stronger the *house style* the more valid its artistic premis and the greater the absolute worth of that product line to someone trying to own something he/she can learn from because he/she understands the artistic language. Which is why Romy gets such high marks even if you disagree with his stated premises. Of course to build the *house* you usually have to also have commercial viability which, given the artistic foundations of *house style* leads to its necessarily high prices and exclusivity simply because most folks, rightfully so, wont to pay for an art that doesn't speak to them.

This is where the idiocy of wealth comes in. Wealth can afford the superficiality of owning the art of a *house style* without understanding it's language. People gravitate towards art even when they don't know it's art. Some can afford to own it without understanding it. Most of the world necessarily forsakes the seemingly subjective truths of art and *houise style* for the chosen single absolute truth of the age they live in. These are the mass marketed products.

Steve

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