boomers (1946-1964)
Having been born in 1958, I must be a bomer!
I'm too old to have a story!
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boomers (1946-1964)
It’s just that you must use Sanskrit or paleo Hebrew to communicate it. We are the lost tribe, the only ones who see putting an entire life’s journey and earnings towards creating a memorable sound system together as fundamentally worthwhile. Bravo sir! Join the lost ones. We celebrate you!Having been born in 1958, I must be a bomer!
I'm too old to have a story!
Always... and sacrifices of Celine Dion albums! There will be much sacredness as well!I will join you, but will we have parties with beer and barbecues?
Skip,
That was my whole point. I do offer $250 turntables, $250 speakers and $500 amps, all new with support and warranty. But that isn't enough, as they seem to want the impossible, like the proverbial $150 mentioned above.
Different values and different priorities, that's what it is.
I've had a couple audition a bunch of speakers in the store, only to buy the ELACs that he liked... from an online store! *right in front of me*! Again, different values.
We need more people in the hobby, period. Gen X, Y, Z, A, B, C, doesn't matter one bit, as long as they have their priorities and values straight.
While it's true you may sell things at that price, do they sound very good? IMO usually no. I mean that in the way I don't think they're a strong enough hook, not that they can't make music. But that's my opinion, a good amount of people buy stuff in that range. They however tend to do it online. Where I would substantiate my data about why it isn't a hook is because they rarely seem to move on but are more likely to try new equally priced gear or nothing. Something that isn't working is they're coming in with a substantial amount of money to them, and your business is built on being the trusted person to help guide them... But there isn't much to guide, and at that price you can't exactly give them the white-glove-all-day treatment. The disconnect is they're spending to them as much or more in relation to their income than someone coming in to spend $100k.
Well the ones I would choose are very select at this point. But for a beginner there really is very few tube receivers that outright suck - a few pioneers for example. A mediocre Marantz still is vastly more pleasurable than powered JBL desktop monitors. (...)
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