...read this just now on Mono And Stereo, words to this effect from a new high end specialist spkrs manufacturer.
Has it always been the case that the uber spendiest systems are bought in greater numbers than ones that the standard middle classes choose to buy?
Or are we talking a totally new phenomenon of the "squeezed middle"?
Ie Gen Z happy with headphones or IPod or basic Rega, $5k their limit; and AE crowd in HK happy w their rareified pieces, $500k+ not causing them to blink.
And an arid desert in between.
Has it always been the case that the uber spendiest systems are bought in greater numbers than ones that the standard middle classes choose to buy?
Or are we talking a totally new phenomenon of the "squeezed middle"?
Ie Gen Z happy with headphones or IPod or basic Rega, $5k their limit; and AE crowd in HK happy w their rareified pieces, $500k+ not causing them to blink.
And an arid desert in between.