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Means, Motive and Opportunity?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shonver" data-source="post: 15428" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The discussion is getting a bit loose but, nevertheless, I think that ultimately High End equates to</p><p></p><p><strong>"Costs a Lot, Looks the Part (and therefore sounds better than the run-of-the-mill crap)".</strong></p><p></p><p>High End is less of a technical concept than a marketing tag.</p><p></p><p>No Person with Means and Opportunity will be Motivated to buy a Budget system. He'll buy The Best. And that ain't cheap. Whatever products conform to the Values that he believes will bring Audio Perfection, he will seek out and bring home. There is a lot of pride attached to the feat of bagging the Ultimate System. So if the cable does not have A Story, or if the amp is not designed by A Name, it will not qualify as High End.</p><p></p><p>Put another way: if I build an amp, speakers, etc. that is unique, made to my own secret recipe, that exceeds the performance of the best High End system, it can never be High End. Hi-Fi, certainly; but not High End. Because High End is all about Status.</p><p></p><p>That's why, in RR's eyes, Byrds's system can never be High End.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shonver, post: 15428, member: 34"] The discussion is getting a bit loose but, nevertheless, I think that ultimately High End equates to [b]"Costs a Lot, Looks the Part (and therefore sounds better than the run-of-the-mill crap)".[/b] High End is less of a technical concept than a marketing tag. No Person with Means and Opportunity will be Motivated to buy a Budget system. He'll buy The Best. And that ain't cheap. Whatever products conform to the Values that he believes will bring Audio Perfection, he will seek out and bring home. There is a lot of pride attached to the feat of bagging the Ultimate System. So if the cable does not have A Story, or if the amp is not designed by A Name, it will not qualify as High End. Put another way: if I build an amp, speakers, etc. that is unique, made to my own secret recipe, that exceeds the performance of the best High End system, it can never be High End. Hi-Fi, certainly; but not High End. Because High End is all about Status. That's why, in RR's eyes, Byrds's system can never be High End. [/QUOTE]
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