Would you pay to listen?


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Just curious, would you pay to listen to a
$100k system? Say a one hour session for twenty bucks?

Assuming the room is great and you have vinyl and cd and your choice of solid state or tubes. Also assuming you'd have the best matched system that $100k could buy.

How much would you pay to hear a $200k system? No pressure or expectation to buy anything, just plunk down your twenty and enjoy the music. BYO drinks of course.

I'm sure I'd pay if there were such a place.
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hi dcstep:

perhaps i have misunderstood what you said or you have misunderstood what i said.

this is not a moral issue.

i bought many recordings. i paid for them. i occasionally attend live concerts. i pay to hear musicians perform.

the sound of a live concerts is so superior to that of any stereo system, that i will not pay to listen to a stereo system.

i hope that puts the answer into its proper context.
i would mot pay for several reasons:

1) not knowing the equipment in advance, and price being irrelevant, there is no way to know in advance if i would like the sound

2) it's only a stereo. i would not pay to listen to recorded music, only to live music

3) listening at home, if the equipment were favorable to my taste would be the only exception to # 2.
a dealer showroom introduces too many variables.
hi dcstep:

you have completely misunderstood this thread.

the intent i believe is to pose the question:

"would you pay to audition a stereo system at a dealer's show room" ?

i have answered this question by saying that i would not because, i would rather pay a bit more and hear live music.

for those who entertain the posssibility that a stereo system can sound better than a live symphony orchestra is like saying a picture of a person is preferable to the person.
why would anyone pay to hear a recording ? it makes sense to pay for a concert, although some are free, but it seems ludicrous to pay to hear a recording, regardless of how good the sound is.

the human element is missing (nothing visual) when you listen to a stereo. the feeling of the audienece is missing. its an incomplete experience and while it is the next best thing to a concert, it is a distant second. if anything, the dealer should pay you to listen to his system.
i just realized that the question "would you pay to listen" is ambiguous.

it's obvious that if you travel to rmaf or ces there is a travel, room and board cost asoociated with the trip.

i believe the connotation of the question is:

would you pay to listen to a component or stereo system ?

if so, i would not.

while it is less costly to outlay $50.00 than to buy a component , sell it and loss more than $50, out of principle, i refuse to pay to listen to a stereo system, regardless of its alleged reputation of sound quality.

i guess i'll miss the experienece.

i won't pay $50 to borrow a component either.

i'll find a component that i can borrow for an audition, without paying for it.
hi mitch 4t:

in principle, based upon your paradigm of the context of the listening environment you propose, i would not pay to listen. there is no justification in my mind to pay for listening to a pre-owned stereo system , regardless of its alleged quality.
hi phd:

you are accurate in your asssessment.

however i would not pay to hear inanimate objects rather ai would pay to hear humans use them to create sound.

th human factor is lost when listening to a stereo system.

the only human involved is the listener.

i think it's a value judgment that determines where one wants to spend one's money.
hi phd:

you are accurate in your asssessment.

however i would not pay to hear inanimate objects rather ai would pay to hear humans use them to create sound.

th human factor is lost when listening to a stereo system.

the only human involved is the listener.

i think it's a value judgment that determines where one wants to spend one's money.