Certain people have no problem purchasing a $100 bottle of wine and drinking it out of a cheap 6 oz wine glass. If you tell them it would show much better in a nice 18 oz. $25 crystal Reidel they get upset and say why should I spend $25 for a wine glass. What's more important the wine or the glass? THE WINE. What adds to the experience of enjoying a fine bottle of wine....THE GLASS. I don't like paying $18 for CD's either and most of the time I don't. But I love music and have invested in a very nice cd player. I would rather spend $18 on a cd with a few good tracks then purchase an $18 bad bottle of wine. What's more important the music or the CD player? THE MUSIC. What will enhance your musical experience? THE CD PLAYER Case in point, if you are going to drink good wine buy a nice glass and don't complain. If you love music and purchase CD's buy a nice cd player.....if it sounds bad....think how bad it would have sounded in a sub $100 player. Remember, you spent the money because you want to enjoy the music to the fullest.
A Little Hypocrisy?
How would you respond to the record company exec who say -
"I look on the Audiogon web site and I see people buying and selling $5,000 cd players, $10,000 speakers, even cables and wires for several hundred dollars per linear foot. Nobody complains about those kind of prices. Yet you complain about cd's costing fifteen to twenty bucks. What gives?"
I include myself in for this criticism, but I'd be fascinated to hear how anyone else would respond to this.
"I look on the Audiogon web site and I see people buying and selling $5,000 cd players, $10,000 speakers, even cables and wires for several hundred dollars per linear foot. Nobody complains about those kind of prices. Yet you complain about cd's costing fifteen to twenty bucks. What gives?"
I include myself in for this criticism, but I'd be fascinated to hear how anyone else would respond to this.