Hmm.
My best ever and most expensive by far hifi purchase was a brand new item (well, two items, a pair of speakers) from a dealer after hearing the product at a show.
It worked for me.
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Hmm.
My best ever and most expensive by far hifi purchase was a brand new item (well, two items, a pair of speakers) from a dealer after hearing the product at a show.
It worked for me.
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I'm wondering when the ultra expensive market will start charging in guineas?
Geoff
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Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
Just picked up a copy of HiFi News, and the reviews this month are:
Metronome cd player+dac £72,000 total
Pass Labs integrated amp £11,500
Naim Uniti network music system £4100
Technics turntable £1300
Dynaudio stand-mount speakers £4300
Matrix dac £1700
Koetsu cartridge £8000
Spendor speakers £2200
1More headphones £210
Pro-Ject amps £1300
Last time I looked at HiFi Plus, there wasn't anything reviewed at less than four grand.
So, to answer the OP ... Yes!
This is why I do not buy hifi magazines. I would be very surprised if their circulation was more than a couple of thousand and I would guess that the number of those readers able and willing to spend more than £10,000 on a whole hifi system let alone a single component is rather small. These magazines are more likely to lead to dissatisfaction with one's system rather than to audio nirvana. I'm sure they are responsible for much of the box shifting that takes place with punters making sideways substitutions rather than genuine improvements. Even publications such as What Hifi seem obsessed with reviewing products that very few of its readers will ever be able to afford!
Geoff
Dentists and Doctors probably. they can afford it and it makes them look successful
Regards,
Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***