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What would happen if

That would make things boring as hell and many people unhappy. Myself included.

I would probably buy and use it, but I would keep my previous system too. Because it's fun.
 
My predictions.

Some - not a majority - would dump everything they have and hop on the bandwagon with a subset of those competing to see who could get the most out of a gold or platinum plated multi-thousand dollar version of the new system.

Some - again not a majority - would just ignore the system and continue doing what they've done all along with a subset of those being angry that the new system even exists because of how it hurts sales of new classic style equipment.

Some - possibly a majority of the general public - would just be puzzled and / or confused by all the claims and counter-claims.

Then there would be me, who would wait for the inevitable appearance of one of the new systems at the SA Thrift store for $19.99 on senior discount day. :D

Mark Gosdin
 
just dave said:
Yes it has all music available but would you get rid of all your other gear?



And cd's were compatible you just needed a cdp. This is a whole new system including speakers and source.
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Yes yes a million times yes. We are talking about a fantasy system that is the best quality playback possible with access to all the music available. For 500 bucks.

That means that it will equal the performance of six figure systems for 500 bucks. Right? Well in that case even if I had to buy ten or twenty grand worth of media to rebuild my library (I assume all newness right?I would bid adieu to all that old obsolete junk.




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Hiya,

There will always be someone coming out with a improved version that costs a bit more with some feature then so on , then so on , then so on .. Until the original 500 unit seems like BPC to people ... and the cycle repeats.

Frannie
 
For $500 bucks . I would certainly seek it out for a listen . Would I chuck all the rest ? It would be tough because I really enjoy what I have and half the fun was how I acquired it .
 
I'd wait for the 'SE' version. Then replace it with the 'Signature' model. Until the 'Reference' version became available. But those would all have to cost much, much more to be worth their prices. :D
 
I'm more interested in what the high end guys would do,the ones who are searching for that last 5%. OK here it is guys the ultimate in sound quality.It would definitely expose the ones who are really going for the best sound to those who just spend for bragging rights.
 
I'd still stay with vintage 70's Japanese as the build quality will never be beat at $500 in today's money. Call me old fashioned... but I likes to view nice build quality/engineering whilst listening!
 
I'd have to wait for the glitter to clear to make sure it's not hiding a guilty looking unicorn....striking a match to my gear before that could be a disaster.
 
just dave said:
Just wondering what would happen if a new tech came out that could reproduce music with perfect sound quality,timbre,dynamics,and soundstage?And it was cheap say $500 bucks for the system but incompatible with current amps speakers and sources.It was reviewed and tested and was without a doubt the best way to listen to music.What would the high end crowd do embrace it or refuse to believe? How about the vintage crowd,buy it and chuck all there old gear? :scratch2:
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A better question would be how the music industry would embrace such. They've essentially passed on superior technology before and today promote mediocrity for the most part...
 
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A better question would be how the music industry would embrace such. They've essentially passed on superior technology before and today promote mediocrity for the most part...
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My impression is that the music industry can care less about audio gear one way or another. In fact they would welcome something like this (which will never happen by the way, not in our lifetimes) because it would free up more money for us to spend on software.
 
MannyE said:
My impression is that the music industry can care less about audio gear one way or another.
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Actually, they couldn't care less. They are already at the bottom of caring. :)

MannyE said:
In fact they would welcome something like this (which will never happen by the way, not in our lifetimes) because it would free up more money for us to spend on software.
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And yet, that never happened with DVD-A or SACD. They embraced neither as a standard and both formats floundered.

What they really want is for all of us to rent our music from them in perpetuity, aka streaming!
 
I have a system worth several thousand dollars. I would certainly switch if the $500 system sounded better.

But what system could possibly sound perfect/better to everyone? People have so many different preferences. For example the old Sony Playstation 1 as a CD player. Some people absolutely love it. I think it's terrible. Some people love those old Magnavox console tube amps, others don't like them at all. For some Klipsch is audio heaven, for others, audio hell.
 
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just dave said:
I'm more interested in what the high end guys would do,the ones who are searching for that last 5%. OK here it is guys the ultimate in sound quality.It would definitely expose the ones who are really going for the best sound to those who just spend for bragging rights.
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I think it's already happening. Check out these threads:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=574806

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=647921 (especially post #93)

I think the percentage of audiophiles who spend lots of money for bragging rights is actually pretty small. I mean, who the hell cares about hi-fi but us nerds, right?

Bragging about the sound or the cool-factor is something else. I think many high-enders actually feel a bit anxious and defensive about their spending level, not boastful. Audio snobs will always be around, just like other varieties of snob. And some of them are price snobs, I suppose, but I think they're pretty rare. I haven't spent much time at all around high-price high-enders however - maybe the price snobs are not as rare as I think they are.

But it doesn't really matter to me - I'm enjoying myself!

Happy listening to all! And as Drumolator likes to say, Peace and goodwill...

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