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Yeah yeah yeah.
But what you say is only partially true. Niche markets sometimes do not rely upon aesthetics to drive their product sales, and the added cost of increasing aesthetics to sell more would mean sacrificing something, somewhere; and when you do that, you risk neglecting your niche market. Companies with firm holdings in mass markets can take these risks more easily, because they already have inertia.
Anyway. I don't really have a vendetta against things that look good. I just don't care if they look good or bad, the only exception being what I already said. In public I would rather something didn't look outrageously expensive for safety reasons. If it looks good, that's great, as long as I don't feel as if I am spending extra money on frills. The HD600s accomplish that for me. I think they look good, with the exception of the spackle, the 650s look much better. Yet they are designed conservatively, and in such a way that I feel as if my money is going toward the sound. It certainly sounds that way anyway!
The irony in all of this talk of hearing aids is that, the way I've heard it, Etymotic is primarily a hearing aid component research and development facility.
While on that though, I would guess that most of the design that goes into hearing aids is all about making them as invisible as possible. Generally people who need them do not want it known that they need them. This is a compelling part of the design, more a necessary feature really, if you think about it. Otherwise you'd see fancy look hearing aids. *cough*Shure*cough*
Sorry, bad joke.
Runs away from the angry Team Shure.
Originally posted by blessingx A: They will sell more. |
Yeah yeah yeah.
But what you say is only partially true. Niche markets sometimes do not rely upon aesthetics to drive their product sales, and the added cost of increasing aesthetics to sell more would mean sacrificing something, somewhere; and when you do that, you risk neglecting your niche market. Companies with firm holdings in mass markets can take these risks more easily, because they already have inertia.
Anyway. I don't really have a vendetta against things that look good. I just don't care if they look good or bad, the only exception being what I already said. In public I would rather something didn't look outrageously expensive for safety reasons. If it looks good, that's great, as long as I don't feel as if I am spending extra money on frills. The HD600s accomplish that for me. I think they look good, with the exception of the spackle, the 650s look much better. Yet they are designed conservatively, and in such a way that I feel as if my money is going toward the sound. It certainly sounds that way anyway!
The irony in all of this talk of hearing aids is that, the way I've heard it, Etymotic is primarily a hearing aid component research and development facility.
While on that though, I would guess that most of the design that goes into hearing aids is all about making them as invisible as possible. Generally people who need them do not want it known that they need them. This is a compelling part of the design, more a necessary feature really, if you think about it. Otherwise you'd see fancy look hearing aids. *cough*Shure*cough*
Sorry, bad joke.
Runs away from the angry Team Shure.