thats as maybe but whats that got to do with hifi? in terms of performance if the upgrade doesn't better your previous tonearm or turntable or amp etc then dont buy it. simple.
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That's a very good point. But again, my contention is that it is one thing to tweak and improve a component in one's home, and a completely different thing to mass produce that same component. Mass production is riddled with its own issues, hence the need for stringent quality control. And that process costs a lot of money. The cost is then being passed on to the consumer.
The supposedly intellectual posts were up to a point very interesting, but I think the English a little clumsy which sabotaged my comprehension. I'll try again tomorrow.
Seems to me that metaphors are an odd animal, and which can take us away from a rigorous understanding; I am dumfounded that looking at different things in a different sphere can apparently further our understanding in the one we are dealing with.
It is vital to ordinate money in design to place it where it is most beneficial to the effectiveness of final result, and possible to waste it on irrelevance. I question Magico's use of airframe tolerances in their speaker cabinets; is that really an appropriate use of technology?
This what I was saying. Of course it is not going to make any difference but it looks great in the sales brochure. Hi-fi is full of this sort of thing.
Cars are not so different. One US manufacturer discovered about 20 years ago that it was losing sales to a rival. The reason? The rival had more cup holders, and one of the first questions people would ask when they came to look at the car in the showroom was 'How many cup holders does it have?'
People who buy cars based solely on the driving performance, and people who buy hi-fi purely on the sound quality, are very rare. So rare that the manufacturers have no interest in them as a demographic.
There is apparently, a 'law of diminishing interest'.
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