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"Arny Krueger" wrote:
"Audio_Empire" wrote in message
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On Friday, July 26, 2013 3:31:26 PM UTC-7, Arny Krueger wrote:
The real problem is that good high fidelity has become very pervasive,
and
there's no longer any need to spend the big bucks or waste a lot of space
to
obtain it just about anywhere.
Ah, the "party line".
As if the writings of Ken Kessler aren't representative of a party line.
It's just a different party line.
agreed, but I don't remember Ken Kessler being mentioned specifically.
The new market for things like iPod/iPad docks and high quality earphones
has immense amounts of cash in it, which overall offsets losses
elsewhere.
There's no need for me to drive across town to suffer with a hovering
salesman who seems to think he's technically competent, and instead just
click a few boxes at Amazon and wait 3 days.
Well, that's true, anyway. Sad really. Brick & Mortar stores bring a sense
of community to the local audiophiles. A place to meet like-minded
spirits. With that fast disappearing, audiophiles will be even more
isolated from one another.
There are numerous online forums that are providing a sense of community to
a wide range of audiophiles, again away from hovering salesmen.
I don't know what kind of high-end stores you've been exposed to, but
the ones with which I'm familiar were enthusiast owned and run, and
didn't have "hovering salesmen". They were there if needed, but if an
audiophile gab-fest were under way, 9 times out of 10 they were right in
the thick of it.
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