Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simillarly off-topic, but on the same topic: I went into a high-end audio store because I couldn't find the widget I was looking for in my usual low-end audio place...As I stood at the counter I noticed various speaker cables on the wall behind the counter. "How is that $9.95 cable?" I innocently asked. "$9.95? That's $995, Sir." "For a freaking piece of wire?" I left. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Peter Jon White Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 4:23 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital > The high end audio market is a luxury market that is often > noted for its > cultist tendencies, and has no impact on the production of music. Indeed. The $8,000 per foot speaker wire infestation is the funniest aspect of this. None of the "true believers" are willing to participate in a double blind test of this nonsense. I went into a shop the other day to look at cd players. The salesman assured me that I was wasting my money on the player if I didn't also get the $200 "interconnect" cables. We used to call these "phono" cables but I guess you can't charge enough for "phono" cables. ;-) I said I'd be happy to consider the cables if he would participate in a quick test, a comparison between the $200 cables, and the cables that shipped with the player. He would be required to tell me which cables were being used. He responded that such tests created a tense atmosphere; not conducive to hearing the qualitative differences among cables. I smiled, and commented on how it would appear that the emperor was naked. He didn't get it. I didn't buy it. Peter Jon White Peter White Cycles 666 Mass Ave Acton, MA 01720 978 635 0969 Voice 978 929 9654 Fax http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com mailto:Peter@PeterWhiteCycles.com "Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time, are either psychopaths or mountebanks." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe http://www.antiwar.com http://www.mises.org >