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My Survey project, I need YOUR help : :

I have a project i have to do on statistics, so im going to use Audiogon'ers as a testing group.

Below is a general list of approx 75 audio brand names. (these were chosen because they seem the most common please do not add brands)

WHAT DO YOU DO?
Simple. Rate them! What im looking at is a balance of Quality Vs. Price. How good is the product compared to the MSRP(not price paid) on a SCALE OF 1 - 10

Place a * next to the brands you have owned, and a ** next to the brands you currently own.

Only rate brands that you have at least demo'ed long enough to form a valid opinion, and do not rate any brands that you have not had personal experience

At the end, answer the questions
--DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU DO NOT WANT TO.--

I will collect all the information in 2 Weeks, Lets say, Aguest 8th, then i will go through the information and post my results.

The more that participate the better! I know for some people this will be quite a feat. THANKS IN ADVANCE. I THINK THIS WILL BE FUN

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Accuphase
Adcom
Arcam
Aerial Accoustics
Audio Research
Audioquest
Audiolab
Anthem
Avantgarde
Bryston
Boston Accoustics
BAT
B&K
B&W
Bose
Cardas
Classe
Classic
Conrad Johnson
Cambridge Soundworks
Denon
Definitive Technologys
Dunlavy
Harmonic Technology
Infinity
Innersound
JBL
JVC
Krell
KEF
KLH
Klipsch
Kenwood
Legacy
Lexicon
Linn
Mark Levinson
Marantz
Martin Logan
Mcintosh
Meadowlark
Magnepan
Mirage
M&K
Nad
Naim
Nakamichi
Outlaw
Paradigm
Parasound
Panasonic
Pioneer
Phase Technology
Phillips
PS Audio
PSB
Polk
Rel
Rotel
Rowland
Sony
Soundlab
Sonus Faber
Sunfire
Thiel
Teac
Technics
Triangle
Totem
Vandersteen
Velodyne
Wadia
Wilson
Zenith

1) 2ch or HT?
2) What did you pay for your system
3) What is the MSRP of your system
4) Solid State or Tube?
5) SACD or DVD-A?
6) Bi-polar, Di-polar, or Standard
7) What Time Zone are you in?
8) DO you have a dedicated listening room?
9) Male or Female?
10) Age, 18 Under? 19-25? 26-30? 31-40? 41--50? 51-60? 61+?\
11) How long have you been in this hobby?
12) Do you have a military Background?
13) College Degree? How Many? What level?
15) Number of Kids?
16) Number of Pets?

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Here is My Response

Accuphase
Adcom 7
Arcam
Aerial Accoustics
Audio Research
Audioquest
Audiolab
Anthem
Avantgarde
Bryston 8
Boston Accoustics 7
BAT
B&K
B&W 7
Bose 5
Cardas
Classe
Classic
Conrad Johnson
Cambridge Soundworks
Denon 7
Definitive Technologys 8
Dunlavy
Harmonic Technology
Infinity 9
Innersound
JBL
JVC 5
Krell 9
KEF
KLH
Klipsch 8
Kenwood
Legacy
Lexicon
Linn
Mark Levinson
Marantz 8
Martin Logan
Mcintosh
Meadowlark
Magnepan
Mirage
M&K
Nad
Naim
Nakamichi
Outlaw
Paradigm
Parasound
Panasonic 8
Pioneer 8
Phase Technology
Phillips 7
PS Audio
PSB
Polk
Rel
Rotel
Rowland
Sony 6
Soundlab
Sonus Faber
Sunfire
Thiel
Teac
Technics 4
Triangle
Totem
Vandersteen
Velodyne 7
Wadia
Wilson
Zenith

1) 2ch or HT? HT
2) What did you pay for your system 6,500
3) What is the MSRP of your system 8,900
4) Solid State or Tube? ss
5) SACD or DVD-A? dvd-A
6) Bi-polar, Di-polar, or Standard Standard
7) What Time Zone are you in? Mountain
8) DO you have a dedicated listening room? No
9) Male or Female? Male
10) Age, 26-30
11) How long have you been in this hobby? 7 years
12) Do you have a military Background? USAF
13) College Degree? How Many? What level? No College
15) Number of Kids? 0
16) Number of Pets? 2 Dogs
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slappy
rcprince
2,830 posts
 
I finally figured out how to cut and paste, so here goes:

Accuphase 5
Adcom 7*
Arcam
Aerial Accoustics
Audio Research 6*
Audioquest
Audiolab
Anthem
Avantgarde
Bryston
Boston Accoustics
BAT
B&K
B&W 7
Bose
Cardas
Classe
Classic
Conrad Johnson
Cambridge Soundworks
Denon
Definitive Technologys
Dunlavy 8
Harmonic Technology
Infinity
Innersound
JBL
JVC
Krell 5*
KEF
KLH
Klipsch
Kenwood
Legacy
Lexicon
Linn
Mark Levinson
Marantz 6**
Martin Logan 5
Mcintosh
Meadowlark
Magnepan 8
Mirage
M&K
Nad 8**
Naim
Nakamichi
Outlaw
Paradigm
Parasound
Panasonic
Pioneer
Phase Technology
Phillips
PS Audio 7**
PSB
Polk
Rel
Rotel
Rowland
Sony 6**
Soundlab
Sonus Faber
Sunfire
Thiel 8*
Teac
Technics
Triangle
Totem
Vandersteen 7
Velodyne
Wadia
Wilson 5
Zenith

1) 2ch or HT? 2Ch
2) What did you pay for your system Over $100K
3) What is the MSRP of your system Over $150K
4) Solid State or Tube? Mostly tube; ss for 200hz down
5) SACD or DVD-A? SACD right now
6) Bi-polar, Di-polar, or Standard I guess my speakers are more bi-polar than standard
7) What Time Zone are you in? Eastern
8) DO you have a dedicated listening room? No, wish I did, and so does my wife
9) Male or Female? Male
10) Age, 18 Under? 19-25? 26-30? 31-40? 41--50? 51-60? 61+?\ 51-60
11) How long have you been in this hobby? Over 30 years
12) Do you have a military Background? No
13) College Degree? How Many? What level? JD
15) Number of Kids? 1
16) Number of Pets? None currently living!

I note that it is difficult and perhaps a little unfair to rate quality vs. price with some premium brands, such as Wilson. I think their build quality and engineering is second to none, but you have to pay for that, so they represent a relatively poor value, as would most of the highest-priced gear, where you're paying a lot extra for that last 5-10 percent of sonic improvement.
viggen
817 posts
 
Don't divert my point in my previous post about this thread being a vehicle to extract free information to build your marketing database to something of a statistics debate.

Why don't you describe your statistics project to us and let the specifically educated decide whehter this is the case or not.

Even if I am wrong, and this really is a honest to God school project, you should really question your own methodology in soliciting help.
ohlala
993 posts
 
Yeah, Slappy I would like to know if you're just coughing up a graph or testing some sort of demographic correlation. Obviously you can't extract quality v. price out of this data alone, so lay it on us, I'm curious. And please be as lofty as possible, so I can finally feel audiogon smart. Or are you going to debrief us at the end?
tthomas
36 posts
 
Accuphase
Adcom6
Arcam
Aerial Accoustics
Audio Research
Audioquest
Audiolab
Anthem
Avantgarde
Bryston
Boston Accoustics
BAT
B&K5
B&W
Bose2*
Cardas
Classe7
Classic
Conrad Johnson
Cambridge Soundworks6**computer system
Denon
Definitive Technologys
Dunlavy5
Harmonic Technology
Infinity
Innersound5
JBL
JVC
Krell6
KEF
KLH
Klipsch
Kenwood7
Legacy
Lexicon
Linn
Mark Levinson
Marantz
Martin Logan
Mcintosh
Meadowlark
Magnepan7
Mirage
M&K7*
Nad
Naim
Nakamichi
Outlaw
Paradigm
Parasound
Panasonic
Pioneer
Phase Technology
Phillips
PS Audio
PSB
Polk7
Rel
Rotel
Rowland
Sony7**
Soundlab8**
Sonus Faber
Sunfire
Thiel
Teac
Technics
Triangle
Totem
Vandersteen
Velodyne
Wadia
Wilson
Zenith

1) 2ch or HT?2ch
2) What did you pay for your system
3) What is the MSRP of your system
4) Solid State or Tube?ss
5) SACD or DVD-A?
6) Bi-polar, Di-polar, or Standardbi
7) What Time Zone are you in?pacific
8) DO you have a dedicated listening room?no
9) Male or Female?m
10) Age, 18 Under? 19-25? 26-30? 31-40? 41--50? 51-60? 61+?\
11) How long have you been in this hobby?20+
12) Do you have a military Background?no
13) College Degree? How Many? What level?yes
15) Number of Kids?2
16) Number of Pets?2
slappy OP
903 posts
 
Rest assured, i can garauntee you that this has absolutly nothing to do with any marketing campaign in any way whatsoever. The end result will be placed on a new forum thread for all to see. However, it will not be published or sold. Im in telecommunications, not sales.

This is all just for fun. Granted, it will complete a homework assignment, which is pretty lax on the rules. Basically i just need to conduct a survey on a target group and look for trends. Besides, if this was a serious demographic on marketing trends, i would have asked different questions. IE: Income, marrage, etc, not pets and stuff like that.

I figured that i might as well make this project fun, and i figure the results will be entertaining as well.

If people dont want to participate, thats ok, no harm done. im hoping for at least 100 responses but i doubt i will get that many

and YES! i will put the results on the 'Gon. It will take a week or so to get all the information and analyze it.

and once again,

I promise this is not for marketing, this is in no way related to a sales plan, this has nothing to do with any company or corperation. This is purely a homework assignment and i thought i would make it fun! :)

If anybody finds that i have sold my findings to a company for marketing purpose (god knows why they would want it, they have people better at this than i am) then they are more than welcome to come to denver and browse through my system and take whatever they want for free, and i will even help them load it up and give them a free case of beer while im at it.

Thanks for anyone who takes part in this survey!
ALso, if you want to take part but dont want to do it in this forum, you can always email me directly.

Peace!!!!!
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