On Jun 5, 12:27*pm, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
"ScottW" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 11:50 am, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
"Jenn" wrote in message
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From Cnet:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-99...?tag=nefd.lede
It occurs to me, that the audiophile debacle has some elements in common
with the implosion of domestic car manufacturers. In any mass production
enterprise, there are two tropisms:
1. Economy of scale. Simply put, it means that the more a company makes of
one thing, without variation, the cheaper the production process.
2. Creation or retention of the market by novelty. Some things, like bread
and water, can be sold over and over again. but the discretionary purchase
seems to require novelty, at least to the individual buyer. If the same
thing is sold over and over again, the market saturates.
3. Customer retention by familiarity. On a repeat purchase, the customer
desires a replacement with many of the attributes of the original.
* *That's 3 Bob. *Anyway, isn't audiophile gear by some definition
not mass produced?
ScottW
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I don't think it's important for the argument to pin this down precisely.
Early in the Industrial Era, mass production was represented by the concept
of "interchangeable parts", which certainly applies here. * Mass production
encompasses large differences of scale. Even in the case exclusive
audiophile gear, the maker enjoys economies of scale by making a run as
large as possible.
In my opinion, for the purpose of the argument, all audiophile gear is mass
produced, except, perhaps, at the extreme high end.
Bob Morein
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The truth is that this "audio" group was taken over by the NeoNazis,
individuals with boring vendettas and barely literaste show-offs. It
is a lost proposition. I'd leave it them and look at Audio-Asylum and
occasionally at "Audiophile Audition " , "TNT Audio" and "Audiophile
melomane"
Ludovic Mirabel