Is 'What It Sounds Like' All That Matters'?

[Pharos]

In the first period you mention Mike, I had similar equipment to you, perhaps not quite as good, but it was aspired to by most who wanted good sound, this promoted by that very creative artistic period, and it was then the high end, and affordable to those who worked to achieve ownership of it. I could not hear the difference then between I/P and O/P from my A77, and I regarded that sound as reference. My Tannoy Gold Lancaster 15s were the same as used in Abbey Road.

The eighties saw the concern with the City and money, and this I guess prompted the development of much more expensive Hi-Fi, and that period has opened the floodgates for consumer acquisition in all areas.

The really expensive stuff is not open to mass A/B comparison, but it would be interesting to see which if any of the £30k+ speakers really stood out as representing real progress.

I regard my acquisition of a second hand pair of speakers that cost £25k new, as obscene given my financial/social status.

[Macca]

I regard my acquisition of a second hand pair of speakers that cost £25k new, as obscene given my financial/social status.

Obscene? Really? You dropped on, good luck to you. Nothing obscene about that.

[Mike Reed]

Obscene? Really? You dropped on, good luck to you. Nothing obscene about that.

Nope. Avalons by any chance?. The rule for young children used to be 'obscene but not heard'. No parallel here. No idea about your social status, Martin, but I bet your financial status plummeted afterwards.

[Macca]

Nope. Avalons by any chance?. The rule for young children used to be 'obscene but not heard'. No parallel here. No idea about your social status, Martin, but I bet your financial status plummeted afterwards.

All of my statuses are too low to be measurable.

[Yomanze]

Obscene? Really? You dropped on, good luck to you. Nothing obscene about that.

Indeed. When my friends or people question the price it makes me think how obscene car buying, or designer gear, can get.

Music is a passion, daily listening enjoyment. How can you put a price on that? Be it cars, watches, computers, fishing, it all can get expensive.