Neil wrote:
> I suppose the same argument could be made about much audio equipment. But in
> fairness, look at the demographic they're appealling to - put simply,
> there's an audience for such price and principle.
But other audio components HAVE dropped in price. You can buy an A/V receiver
with 100 watts per channel, Dolby Digital and DTS (we are talking about 5
discrete channels here X100) for under $300.00. While you can argue that it is
limited in features and doesn't have the specs of costlier units, it would still
be good enough to be considered Hi Fi by the professional reviewers of say
"Stereo Review".
You can purchase a decent CD player for $100 or less. I have seen portables for
as low as $20 after a rebate and while the construction may be poor, the sound
would still probably be acceptable for a CD player.
For $129 you can now buy a DVD player with will also play MP3s recorded on CDR
or CD/RWs. I've seen off brand DVD players for about $100. As someone else
stated here, "the technology of speakers have been around for ages". It's not
like you hear about a company coming out with a speaker system that is as
superior to other systems as a DVD is to a VHS tape.
Are there digital speakers? I have been told that there are digital mikes
although I have never seen one. So one can't use the excuse that speakers have
to be analog because, except of electronic music, sound is usually analog (that
is if these digital mikes do exist).
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