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Review after review of insanely priced amps...-..

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In Reply to: RE: Big shoes to fill posted by farfetched on December 04, 2024 at 13:52:06

the more they cost, the more he loves them. Don't understand why they keep doing it, just a waste of magazine space to be reviewing a $50,000+ amplifier (!) every issue. If you're going to review $50K items, why not speakers at least? Or some kind of exotic single ended monster amp like the Kronzilla? At least they are interesting and very different sounding. How many people spend $50K+ on a (solid state) amp or preamp anyway? Ridiculous.

Edits: 01/06/25

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Market boundaries must be guarded - farfetched 13:42:30 01/07/25 (0)
Stereophile exists to defend the right of a stereo component to cost 5-6 figures, to guard that numerical goalpost against any sensible thinking and skepticism.
I don't get why Stereophile exists today however. The reviewer-manufacturer-dealer power trio is long dead. What market power does it have anymore? Or is it just defending 5-6 figure audio components out of some principle?

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Edits: 01/07/25

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