rlovison
Well-Known Member
The "perfect sound forever" was the biggest line of Hifi bull sh*t I have ever heard in my life. And in the midst of it, in 1982 when I purchased my Sondek Lp12 in a time when CD players were selling like doughnuts, I had listened to many, many vintage, DD, and contemporary TT, of the time and liked the sound of the Lp12 better, nothing really compared. Go ahead and believe that most of it was a con job, if that is what you care to believe, but I was there, and the BS around Linn has come from both sides (Linn and Linn naysayers) then and ever since.
The truth is, the purpose of most marketing is to convince the bottom tier consumer that he/she is totally insignificant, lacking in some way, missing out on something, worthless or just plain stupid and the only way she/he can feel better about themselves is to buy their product. And that feeling of happiness after the purchase? We all know how long that lasts so we go out and make more purchases of endless stuff that never fills that void created by the feeling of insignificance. The irony is that most of us will defend to the death our decisions to purchase our stuff sometimes in defiance of any logical argument so as to not feel foolish. Nice game huh?