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ghost of olddude55

In Reply to: RE: IMO, there's a huge element of self-deception. posted by ecl876 on January 31, 2024 at 07:30:04

I remember when the first sets of "audiophile" interconnects showed up at a local audio store. I jumped, even though the price was high for the day.
Of course, I swore up and down the cables made a huge difference but in reality they didn't sound any different than the cheap stuff from Radio Shack.
My brain said I heard a difference but the difference wasn't really there. After a few weeks, the cables went in a drawer and never came out again.
As far as inflation goes though, if anything, there's been deflation. A good example is LP prices. The MoFi LPs I bought back in the late 70s, they were $18 bucks. That's 84 2023 dollars.
But reissues from outfits like Rhino, Craft, Blue Note, Verve, they're in the $30-$35 range which would have been $7-$8 in 1978.
The Schiit Vidar amp is $800, which was 171 1978 dollars. You couldn't even get a decent 20wpc receiver for $170 in 1978.
I bought a Fosi V3 last month. It was $130. In 1978, it would have set me back a whopping $30.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

Edits: 01/31/24 01/31/24

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RE: I'm not immune. - ecl876 07:59:06 01/31/24 (3)
There are exceptions, though. Electric Recording Company's lps are worth every penny of the $500 they charge. (Kidding!)
- Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ghost of olddude55 08:04:27 01/31/24 (2)
  ...the typical LP today costs less than the typical LP did in 1977 or 1978 in terms of real dollars and the quality is a lot better now than it was then.
  
  The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
  - RE: Old grogans like me complaining about LP prices... - ecl876 09:59:10 01/31/24 (1)
    I'm not familiar with the word "grogan" so I looked it up. Evidently, you meant something else?
    - https://slangdefine.org/g/grogan-869a.html (Open in New Window)
    Edits: 01/31/24
    - Meant something entirely different back in the Seventies. - ghost of olddude55 12:01:30 01/31/24 (0)
      Back then, an old grogan was one of those grouchy-ass old persons that disapproved of everything and everybody younger than they were.
      
      The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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