Bad news for audiophiles?


In new study a bottle of wine priced at $90 tastes better than a bottle of the same wine with price tag of $10.

http://www.cnet.com/news/study-90-wine-tastes-better-than-the-same-wine-at-10/
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personally, i though the wine study and geoffkait's audio analogy was very interesting and probably sound. it's seems logical and intuitive that spending more creates some enhanced neurological responsiveness to pleasure, otherwise $500 wines and $5000 speaker cables wouldn't exist.
Not surprised by the results.

The test subjects were not normal people (like audiophiles are).
It seems to me asking prices for items on Agon tend to be higher than what same items typically go for on ebay. So no doubt this is the place to be to have a shot at top dollar for whatever it is one might be pitching.

I suspect geoff is already getting top dollar for his goods here as well. So no room to complain there really.
There is an upside to all of this: drinking lots of cheap wine will make one's cheap system sound great.

All the best,
Nonoise