How Good is China Made AMP

nathanm · « **Reply #40 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 07:16 pm »

I agree JLM, that is why I am sending JoshK a check so maybe he can eat for a little while and maybe get a new set of rags to bind his feet with. It's a good thing the government has started to put internet access in homeless shelters so otherwise completely destitue poor bastards like Josh and others can still access AC and chat about all the expensive gear they can't afford. I think everyone should reach out and lend a helping hand to all the poor audiophiles here who might otherwise go hungry. It only costs pennies a day to sponsor a poor audiophile, so don't delay!

Carlman · « **Reply #41 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 07:26 pm »

Quote from: JLM

Maybe I'm just too much of a nice guy, but if I had $7,000 that I had to spend why not buy the $1,000 version and donate the other $6,000 to charities or friends?...

Not everyone likes to give away the money they worked very hard to obtain. Instead, they prefer to reward themselves with a higher standard of living, which includes expensive hi-fi.

Also, what makes you think these 'big spenders' don't give money to people in need?

Are super rich people here? Please donate to the AC Audiophile Foundation... I'll create one right away if there are some 'super rich' around here...

I'll try not to whither in guilt when I crank the tunes tonight.

Carlman · « **Reply #42 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 07:28 pm »

Quotes from movies the foundation will sponsor:

Alms for some interconnects... alms for some interconnects...

Please, sir, may I have some more 6 9's copper?

Virtual Dynamics, why have thou foresaken me?

doug s. · « **Reply #43 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 07:50 pm »

Quote

JLM wrote:
Maybe I'm just too much of a nice guy, but if I had $7,000 that I had to spend why not buy the $1,000 version and donate the other $6,000 to charities or friends?...

(then Carlman wrote):
Not everyone likes to give away the money they worked very hard to obtain. Instead, they prefer to reward themselves with a higher standard of living, which includes expensive hi-fi.

carl, i tink yure missing the point. in this case, the only ting the extra $6k gets ya is a different logo silkscreened on the faceplate... so, jlm is suggesting giving it away to those who may be more in need than mark levinson.

but, i tink if customers of red rose music knew that their amp was exactly the same as a $1k wersion, most would *not* shell out the extra cash for the "prestige" of having that red rose label on their amp, & the ability to boast to friends that they paid $7k for it. ignorance is what enables red rose to stay in biz, in this case. yust my opinion of course...

doug s.

nathanm · « **Reply #44 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 07:54 pm »

Wait a minute, people are paying 6 GRAND for a logo!?

Cripes, I couldn't even get $200 for one!

Mudjock · « **Reply #45 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 08:48 pm »

One might think that an individual who purports to be an authority on the lifestyle and socioeconomic status of other posters here would have a better command of the English language.

Lesson for the day: Money might buy you friends, but it can't buy you class.

JLM · « **Reply #46 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 09:41 pm »

Yeah I rambled and created at least a couple of thoughts:

1. Rather than pay $6,000 for a badge, why not give to someone you like or needs it?

2. We've all spent "more than necessary" on this hobby, so in a way we're all guilty of greed. But at least it's justified in terms of making an attempt of improving function and/or sound quality.

3. The fault I see with Peter's argument is that we have some sort of justification for extra spending but he didn't see the need for justification at all. That boils down to individual values. Personally I wasn't raised to waste money to that degree. We probably all waste money at varying amounts.

Hope that clarifies.

Carlman · « **Reply #47 on:** 2 Jul 2004, 09:58 pm »

Peter's Argument?

My argument is that it's a free country and money earned is yours to do with as you please.

Thanks for the humanitarian suggestions.

mca · « **Reply #48 on:** 3 Jul 2004, 04:15 am »

I'm just happy that I am now enjoying my moderate system and that guys like this come around every once in a while to give us a few laughs

rosconey · « **Reply #49 on:** 3 Jul 2004, 10:35 am »

what about pre-amps, dvd players and cd players, egg rolls , speakers and everthing else made today:lol:

besides trailer trash has no right to hear high quality music, people like peter who live in castles enjoy looking down on us

when are they going to start selling better and cheaper reefer than my friend does

they want to control every other market

Levi · « **Reply #50 on:** 3 Jul 2004, 02:40 pm »

Peter,

You are "generalizing", hence you will get some bad sentiments here.

It is unfortunate that no AC, AA, HT, AAA members have bought stuffs from you lately. You can rest assured that word-of-the-mouth will come along way and eventually hurt your business.

It looks like you need to hang-out here more often because you have ALOT to learn.

Levi

Quote from: Peter

People on this forum (especially) just think about the price. This is because they have to count every coin they spend to their hobby.

People into high-end don't think in this way, but you don't get it!

doug s. · « **Reply #51 on:** 4 Jul 2004, 12:56 am »

Quote from: Carlman

...My argument is that it's a free country and money earned is yours to do with as you please...

ah carl, if only that were *really* true!

regards,

doug s.