In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment


While the world is in the middle of a major economic event, the last two pieces of gear posted by Stereophile to their online site average $30K a piece.


https://www.stereophile.com/content/aavik-acoustics-u-380-integrated-amplifier
https://www.stereophile.com/content/ta-mp-3100-hv-sacd-playerstreaming-dac


If this doesn't make you feel like you belong to their target audience I don't know what will.
erik_squires
I suggest we blackmail the rest of the world so they would pay for us. As much as needed. We are so slow and timid. Incredible. Quicken the spirit, step on it and get it movin' !
I like to read about the stuff that’s out of my budget. Sometimes you stumble across trickle-down technology that is in the budget. Hi-fi sleuthing.
With some reviews of high-end equipment, I feel that they're talking to someone else and I'm just in the room.  I remember 20-30 years ago, it ALWAYS seemed that they were talking to someone else, with their reference to music selections that I'd never heard of, reviewing equipment that I was sure I would never see in my group of friends or anywhere else, for that matter.  Today, even with a limited budget for gear, I never would've dreamed that I'd spend so much for equipment as I have so far.