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In the Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry
Post Subject: TAS article: start of the Hi-End IndustryPosted by hagtech on: 3/18/2006
I finally got around to reading this issue.  What suprised me even more than the horns were some of the comments in the interview / round table discussion they had with some dude from Wilson, one from Overture, and another guy.  Big honchos in the high-end industry.  Ok, what really shocked me was their cavalier attitude, or perhaps arrogance, regarding when hi-fi or hi-end started.  They did some analogies to wine and auto industries.  Their conclusion was that auto industry comparison is invalid since it's mature.  High-end is just beginning.  Something about David Wilson being one of the 'founders' of hi-end, and he's still alive.  Henry Ford isn't.

Holy cow!  These guys think they started high-end.  No mention of Marantz, Klipsch, Hafler, or companies like MacIntosh and Scott.  Or dozens others I'm sure you can come up with.  No nod to Edison (who I believe was the first audiophile) or Blumlein.  These TAS guys think we're still in a first generation. 

Well I'm not buying it.  I don't think high-end audio started with David Wilson.  Or am I the one on planet 9?

jh

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