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Originally Posted by nuhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
music_man,
Do you understand that clearly...for the similar price Monster unit will sound worse!
Now who is actually robbing you, those who deliver the goods or those who pretend they do with excessive parts.
And no, cheaper Monster won't sound better.
As you too said Monster puts too many parts and everyone who compared Shunyata and Monster says it's not even a fight...and yet many audiophiles will buy that Monster and impact their sound in a bad way just because of the parts cost principle.
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You still dont make ANY sense.
You are willing to pay a HUGE mark up on a product that takes existing technology in the most simplest sense just because it sounds "subjectively better" than something that is more advanced and has more costly parts included within?
Regardless of what it does to the sound, the entire unit is a sham.... it's way too costly for what's inside.
If Shunyata were out to provide a reasonable product to the audiophile market, they would provide their conditioners which supposedly and subjectively improve audio at a reasonable price based on the parts inside that make up the entire component. Just because you are able to deliver, doesn't give you the audacity to charge an absurd amount for it. It's like taking a look at speed pure and simple.... sure a motorbike will go faster than a Ferrari F430, should the bike cost more simply because it goes faster with simpler/lesser components? You're looking at a singular aspect of the product's (Shunyata, a power conditioners/surge protector) premise.... you're not taking into account everything else the product is supposed to do.
Shunyata is cheaply manufactured, cheaply engineered, and lacks the capable surge suppression that its price should indicate.
According to you, its price is justified because it "subjectively" improves the sound... whereby giving you subpar surge/spike protection at a ridiculous price.
I'm glad you're not in charge of the market price for a lot of other products..... remember that the average PC 10 years ago were about 3-5x what the current average PC sell for, despite current PCs being faster and better in every way. If it were up to you, the simple fact that the current PC is faster than the previous generations justifies a higher price tag... despite the fact that manufacturing costs have been dramatically reduced in every way.
Riiight... components dont determine price.
You know that LCD monitor you're looking at right now? It's a lot cheaper nowadays despite being better, brighter, and equipped with a better response time than the generation previous....
Oh wait... you want to charge more for that too??
Give me a break.