Some seem to think B&O is second rate gear dressed up to fleece the stupid rich. Anyone going to put them straight with some technical info'?

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=196867

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"Okay, this is getting way off-topic now, but yes. *I am* missing the point.

I do not disagree that consumers often buy because they are drawn to an expensive product.

In fact, I would go further and say a lot of consumers are the "cream" of the economy: very rich, but sadly, also very thick.

I have nothing against spending more on an expensive product. I just think it's silly doing so, when there *are* better looking *and* better functioning products out there.

Of course, as to what constitutes a better looking product is entirely subjective. However, what constitutes a better functioning product is indisputable. In the case of hifi, it's the one that comes closest to reproducing the original sound, as it was performed by the artist and mastered in the studio by the recording engineers.

If this is the reference point for quality, it's indisputable *fact* that there are loads of products that are better than B&O for the same price.

The main subjective element is indeed aesthetics, and as I said earlier, imo there are products that look better and sell for the same money.

Completely agree with you in that ultimately, there will always be cream, and companies *will and can* make money by exploiting the cream. I have nothing against this. As to whether the cream wish to be exploited (in most cases unknowingly), that's their choice and right."
 

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