I dont think anybody is stating for a definate fact that every piece of gear with a higher price tag sounds better than a piece of gear with a lower price tag.
But the fact remains that it is perfectly appliable as a general rule, that more expencive usually sounds better than less expencive gear.
And it looks to me like everyone who defends that point accept the fact that there are always exceptions.
Not many people on the Gon have a Cost-no-issue wallet, and im sure many people on the gon have heard 5,000 speakers that sound better than some 8,000 speakers. its all preferential, and a matter of taste and opinion.
But i would have a hard time believing that aa $500 pair of speakers would ever sound better than a $30,000 set of speakers. If so, im with NRCHY. Lets all sell the expencive gear because we must have all been idiots to buy it in the first place right?
People who pay alot of cash to buy gear that sounds terrible usually dont even KNOW about alot of the brands that audiophiles love. Usually they buy Bose.
Whats the point of buying a Krell because it is a Krell? Nobody would have any idea what the hell a "Krell is"
People who buy krell do so because they like the level opr preformance offered and prefer the sonic charicteristics of it.
personally from the forums ive read and interactions ive had on this board, i believe that most philes, at least on the Gon and Audio Asylum have the gear they have because they liked the way it sounded. Not because it was the biggest and baddest. And if the equipment they liked had a high price tag, Who cares?
Maybe a $1000 speaker fits a purpose better than the 30,000 set, but i would doubt they sound better.
And what is "Sound better" anyway?
Thats a very personal thing. What sounds better to one person sounds like crap to another.
Just because these guys pay 18,000 for a set of speakers somone thinks sound like crap doesent make them an idiot or have poor choice in thier gear, it means that thier needs might not be the same as yours and those 18,000 speakers will fit better than the 2,400 that sound oh so much better.
I'm sitting here with the cheapest ghetto system on the Gon, but you dont see me sitting here calling Nrchy a fool for having a 30,000 system and praising TWL for having a system under 10k. Nrchy has a rig he likes and gives him a sence of satisfaction, and so does TWL.
I garauntee that TWL's Lowther Voight Pipes are not what would please Nrchy. And im sure Nrchy's more expensive Sonys are not what TWL would prefer.
Taste in audio gear performance is as diversified as taste in music.
So to sum it all up,
there is no BETTER speaker, the one YOU like might be $20, or $200,000. Personal taste determines what you buy.
But the fact remains that it is perfectly appliable as a general rule, that more expencive usually sounds better than less expencive gear.
And it looks to me like everyone who defends that point accept the fact that there are always exceptions.
Not many people on the Gon have a Cost-no-issue wallet, and im sure many people on the gon have heard 5,000 speakers that sound better than some 8,000 speakers. its all preferential, and a matter of taste and opinion.
But i would have a hard time believing that aa $500 pair of speakers would ever sound better than a $30,000 set of speakers. If so, im with NRCHY. Lets all sell the expencive gear because we must have all been idiots to buy it in the first place right?
People who pay alot of cash to buy gear that sounds terrible usually dont even KNOW about alot of the brands that audiophiles love. Usually they buy Bose.
Whats the point of buying a Krell because it is a Krell? Nobody would have any idea what the hell a "Krell is"
People who buy krell do so because they like the level opr preformance offered and prefer the sonic charicteristics of it.
personally from the forums ive read and interactions ive had on this board, i believe that most philes, at least on the Gon and Audio Asylum have the gear they have because they liked the way it sounded. Not because it was the biggest and baddest. And if the equipment they liked had a high price tag, Who cares?
Maybe a $1000 speaker fits a purpose better than the 30,000 set, but i would doubt they sound better.
And what is "Sound better" anyway?
Thats a very personal thing. What sounds better to one person sounds like crap to another.
Just because these guys pay 18,000 for a set of speakers somone thinks sound like crap doesent make them an idiot or have poor choice in thier gear, it means that thier needs might not be the same as yours and those 18,000 speakers will fit better than the 2,400 that sound oh so much better.
I'm sitting here with the cheapest ghetto system on the Gon, but you dont see me sitting here calling Nrchy a fool for having a 30,000 system and praising TWL for having a system under 10k. Nrchy has a rig he likes and gives him a sence of satisfaction, and so does TWL.
I garauntee that TWL's Lowther Voight Pipes are not what would please Nrchy. And im sure Nrchy's more expensive Sonys are not what TWL would prefer.
Taste in audio gear performance is as diversified as taste in music.
So to sum it all up,
there is no BETTER speaker, the one YOU like might be $20, or $200,000. Personal taste determines what you buy.