Originally Posted by
AlexM
I think the British audiophile market is slowly dying due to the obsession with endless recycling of old gear and a refusal to engage in the kind of market that makes audio gear as a veblen on good where a high price is a virtue of it own. We are too tight fisted and too poor
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It's one of the biggest problems yes. It's not exactly a fair playing field for a manufacturer when one is up against not "what are the competition making for a similar price?" but "what can the customer buy second hand for half the price?"
The availability of dirt cheap crap from China is a major problem too. I sometime see eg knock off Quad 405 boards from China where the trade price to me to purchase just the components (non fake, traceable, good quality components that is) is double the cost of the finished and delivered from China article!
As for veblen goods well I find them morally inexcusable personally... but that's another matter entirely!
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