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In the Thread: Prices in High-End Audio.
Post Subject: Me, TooPosted by Paul S on: 1/15/2014
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Getting OT, but: Another important sub-set is that many or even most who put together a system do not have any sort of well-developed personal references. Many simply hope to get "better sound" from their next purchase, and in these cases purchasing decisions may be made based on myriad "extraneous" criteria. It appears that the simple desire for better sound can morph when the seeker makes the quest social, and the desire for inclusion or the hope to have or achieve what others claim become important, as well. All these factors can be observed at work from DIY forums right on up to What's the Best, or GSC.
Of course all the above can apply to any sort of buying decision, not just hi-fi. And hi-fi is not alone in being a matter of the "inverted" subjective/objective decision making. I don't blame marketers for understanding their market; I just wish it was profitable enough for Music and the Sound of Music to be the drivers in our hobby. Hell, I'd be happy if someone still made decent speaker cones!
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