Posted by grant kinsley on 01/01/07 20:27

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:45:35 -0800, JoeBloe
<joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:45:13 -0800, "Richard C."
><post-age@spamcop.net> Gave us:
>
>>"JoeBloe" <joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
>>news:etgeo2poqtpe64fro2bssnv5u3knd3f4fq@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:25:54 -0600, "Dan Luke"
>>> <c172rg@dingdongsouth.net> Gave us:
>>>
>>>> High end A/V is a
>>>>small niche market,
>>>
>>>
>>> You're full of shit. A single visit to ANY place that sells
>>> consumer electronics gear puts your bullshit remark to shame.
>>
>>==================================
>>How many people do you know that own $35,000 turntables
>>and $12,000 tube mono amps? Or $3000 cables?
>>THAT is high end - it is indeed a niche market

That is high end.

>
> No. That is the high end of high end. For the doctors and such,
>not us lowly engineers.
>
> My $200 current Pioneer receiver does DTS quite well, however, thank
>you.
>
> My 1200 plus dollar Pioneer Elite will do that and some THX modes
>when I finally get that and THAT is not the high end of high end
>either, but it is high end, so shut the fuck up.

Not high end, definitely mid quality.

I'm 15 grand into my home theatre, not one piece of which is high end,
but my mirage OM speakers are very good mid quality. Pretty much
anything produced on a mass scale such as Pioneer, Onkyo, Yamaha, etc.
doesn't even come close to true high end.

True high end is a niche market, and most people couldn't name 1 high
end manufacturer for trying

GK
>
> The fact is that there is a huge pile of consumer electronic goods
>out there that consumers pays hundreds of dollars for, ie iPud, and
>all it's fucktard accessories, yet for some strange reason, these
>dipshits that pay $400 for something smaller than a pack of smokes
>(total appletard hype) seem to think that the items that are at the
>pinnacle of the consumer electronics heap should be a mere $200.
>
> Y'all need a clue if you think that Wide screen TVs or high
>definition DVD players should be cheap.
>
> If you want to play, you got to pay, and these player prices are
>nowhere near the high end of the high end which you seem to want to
>place them. Sad effort, really.

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