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In the Thread: Shall quality-price be reversed?
Post Subject: List vs actual pricePosted by steverino on: 7/29/2014
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Since audio purchases are not yet subsidized by governments AFAIK the prices in the audio biz are being supported at the current level. Now the list price is only relevant if people pay it so I would assume that for the most part the actual price is around 20% cheaper than the list. Also dealers will demo something for 10 minutes so they can reduce the price and sell it. In the used market, good condition components seem to sell for around 40-50% of the list price except digital which sells for about 33% of list.
Depending on point of view audio equipment is priceless or almost worthless. It is priceless when you hear the music of someone dead or otherwise unavailable that you love. It is almost worthless as a true record of how the music actually sounds when performed as intended. I am not concerned what someone else pays for an audio component; only what I have to pay to have an enjoyable experience listening to recordings that I want to listen to.
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