What Drives The Real Value Of High End Audio Products

[@oliverbeard7912]

I respect those who remain true to their goals irrespective of their field of work. Bending to trends and fads means selling out in my view.

[@sw1xaudiodesign]

selling out is very tempting. your feedback, appreciation and support is very much appreciated

[@oliverbeard7912]

@sw1xaudiodesign Yes.Too easy to go with whatever's in fashion. Many of the larger brands have gone into making streamers and more boom and tizz impressive showroom sounds understandably,where others may be truer to their roots,making things like phono stages or full range driver speakers,which are harder to sell for example.

[@m4ril4r4njinh4]

Great video. Are your products point to point wiring? Thank you

[@sw1xaudiodesign]

thank you for the feedback. yes, our products use hardwiring, point to point wiring and a combination thereof plus our PCBs are of highest possible quality, employ non standard materials and have a very specialelegantly simple design as well

[@ivanhustuft9687]

what was new yesterday is already old by tomorrow anyway so why chasing the next new`` music is present & universal & takes us both back & forth in time 🤗🎶 i have also already for a long time been tired of impressing numbers of data that dosent necessary translate into music, & its not a few, but also in our generation most people hear musics on the go to hurry daily life & dosent understand good sound anymore or havent had their time out`` to realise whats outside the simple daily consumer on the go sound, we are few that are this niche, or this passionate of home reproducrion these days,& its also not too many places to experience/listen to such out of the box approaches for the norm :-)

[@mrboat580]

The idea of "value" with regard to high-end audio is a misnomer. I've been through most of the audio trends from the '60s to now. I found the most consistent value and qualities across all of the likely recording sources costs quite a bit less than what is considered "high-end" now. High-end audio aspirations to me in hindsight, denotes a sort of amateurish-OCD feeling when I look back into it occasionally. Especially since the computer age having unlocked pretty much all of audio's mysteries, outside of the imagined or otherwise 'suggested' qualities of much of the high-end arena. I collect mostly the sleepers or freaks of the budget realm these days, and would not part with any of them. I own 12 pairs of speakers now and love them all. They are not all equal but they do most things notably well. Half of those are DIY. One 6.5" two-way design is rather crude, but has this magical little peerless tweeter that makes me grin when I hear some of the details coming from them. Just so much fun to listen to. Most expensive pair I own now are worth $4k. While those are my favorites, I don't have to have them in play all the time even though they are superior to the rest.

[@joeblack-l5c]

Like the song goes..the more you pay the more it’s worth

[@classicaloracle]

Not with Hi-Fi! Most of the challenges of reproducing good quality sound have been resolved inexpensively but there is an industry still trying to sell DACs at £10k! Completely unnecessary.

[@thinkIndependent2024]

Of course Intensive Work requires ROI.. But consider: (Nikola Tesla versus Thomas Edison ) Alternating Current=Volt & Amps out of Phase... That was the original cost cutting decision that you speak of!!!Maybe? Do you think Power Factor Correction can improve Audio? If cost is no object why not design with pure Direct Current and Power from Noise/EMI/RF Isolated power feeding the Audio Components.( That would let go of the past) And feed what we really know if better design. Older recording technologies were built around many limitations mostly microphone and bandwidth today's recordings can be very complex.

[@sw1xaudiodesign]

any achievement is rewarding. it does not have to be ROI in monetary terms but his helps to finance R&D, without it R&D would not be possible

[@thinkIndependent2024]

​@@sw1xaudiodesignI Agree 👍 💯 But the greatest Audiophile concession could be calling linear rectified power better ! whether Tube or Solidstate any variation something different technically ALL are low or high frequency switching, Because of the alternating current process.