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In Reply to: The wire is only a reflection of the change in society. posted by Justlisten2 on February 21, 2010 at 05:52:45:
and from a relatively left leaning perspective - I don't see a huge problem. What is the point of accumulating wealth if you can't buy the best things? In other words what's the point of money if you can't buy a $50,000 loudspeaker to have it "over" the middle/lower class or it may even be less competitive as just a want.
The question that has to be asked is - is the Vandersteen 7 at $45k or whatever better than all his other Vandersteen's - I would say yes out of what I have heard.
That does not in itself justify the price - at CES I found plenty of far less pricey speakers that I liked a fair bit more - but so it goes with subjective responses.
Unfortunately, choosing careers where you work like a dog to amass wealth needs to have some perks or there would not be the motivation to sacrifice personal enlightenment, time, friends, family to increase "stuff" you own. It also does not help when a digital timex for $24.99 is a vastly superior time piece (for doing the job of telling time) than a $10,000 Rolex. But yes it is prestige to tell err show, that you have lots of money - granted 6 kids probably lost a hand to get the diamonds on the watch but hey they were poor so who cares.
It also doesn't help that when you read the Lemon-aid guide that virtually every single pricey luxury car is a total piece of absolute utter junk that is in the shop as much as on the road. But if you can afford $75k on a piece of junk Mercedes you can afford the ghastly repair bills and ruin the environment mileage that go along with them. Yes they drive faster than a Honda Civic - but last I checked the Civic also can go well above the speed limit, last longer, and hell easier to park.
Even in Audio Paying more doesn't necessarily get you more - indeed there were plenty of sub $10k speakers that I liked more than a lot of the $40k+ speakers at CES.
But to your point - why does it really matter what the top end prices are? I am quite fine not owning the best of the best of the best (whatever that is) and hey I like watches so much that I now use my cell phone for the time.
Focus on building your stereo - let people with more money decide for themselves if they think the Vandersteen 7 or Wilsons of the world are worth the money - I liked them both - would I buy them if I won the powerball? Probably not.
But then again $45,000 to someone worth a billion is like $1.29 to you or me - so....
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- As a Canadian... - RGA 02/22/1010:13:40 02/22/10 (1)
- well said n/t - jdouglas51 09:11:59 02/26/10 (0)
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