[C. Leeds]

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Rob Tweed wrote:

Come on now, let's admit it. Wadia will actually justify its price to
dimwits with more money than sense...

I don't know if that's true or not. Some audiophiles just don't like
cheapie audio equipment, and they have the money to afford gear that's
better built. That their values (and perhaps bank accounts) aren't the
same as yours doesn't necessarily make either of you "dimwits" or
lacking in common sense.

...who want to flaunt their wealth...

I don't know how putting an expensive audio component in a listening
room equates with "flaunting wealth." Not many people are ever likely to
see it.

and who assume that if it costs that much money, includes that much
apparently important technology and looks that good, then it *must* be
better...

You're just guessing, aren't you? You don't really know that this is
what Wadia purchasers think.

...people who don't realise that you don't even *need* a CD
player these days if you just rip your CDs into ITunes or whatever on
a PC-based music system or streaming media system....

It's quite likely that Wadia purchasers are aware of these technologies.

....so they won't need
to clutter up their opulent designer furniture with 15lbs of thick
brushed aluminium with loads of nasty cables poking out of it.

You are starting to sound very bitter. Sour grapes, perhaps?

Errrr.....hands up any readers with a Wadia?

Not me.