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Eeyore wrote:

Stuart Krivis wrote:

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:05:00 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Well, its a pretty good scam. Price the equipment high enough and make it
hard enough to borrow, that nobody ever does a decent job of comparing it
to
anything else.

The people at Linn raised this to accepted commercial practice with their
"Single presentation" method.


I had heard that Linn did things like speed up their 'tables and add
resonances and peaks that made their equipment stand out in the
showroom.


Because inaccuracy sounds 'better' ? I can well believe it.


No, he's thinking of Rega. Linn's 'single presentation' rule for dealers
eliminated the need to "stand out in the show room."

Stephen