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This timely post came up in a thread on another forum I am following. Post-Gotta love inflation Reply-which is very often just price gouging.

There's a difference between saying a price for a commodity is a rip off vice saying you bought something and were ripped off as a result of your purchase.

Stop using facts and logic. You should know better than to try and do that. ;)

Thanks for the info. I'm happy using USB, I was just wondering how covers were handled.

"IN NO WAY am I saying that Magico is a rip off. I only say this in this thread because it's so far away from its original topic." Good point, same here for my posts, not implying Magico pricing is a rip-off. Sent from my SM-G998U using...

Congrats on the Ongaku, Jerome. It's been fun reading about your audio journey over the years.

I'd love an MA 12000, I think it's a stunning piece of craftsmanship and engineering. To the OP, you might go to a brick and mortar shop and indicate your interest. You may find you can get a demo with warranty for the same price as the unit you...

Don't know if this helps - LUMIN USB Storage "For convenience, LUMIN includes an internal USB Music Server to allow playback of music directly from attached USB storage. This is mainly intended for easily playing music from friends, or in...

You've got a home for your 101e's when you upgrade. :)

I see new codecs coming for Bluesound.

The ongoing effects of runaway inflation are causing a distortion in our price perception. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Exactly Con artists rip people all the time - and just because somebody falls for it doesn't subtract from the fact it's a rip off. IN NO WAY am I saying that Magico is a rip off. I only say this in this thread because it's so far away from...

this! Just because no one is pointing a gun to your face, it doesn’t mean something isn’t a rip-off.

No, I don't use MinimServer. I play tracks directly off my external hdd. I have a playlist of close to 2000 tracks. BubbleUPnP downsizes the quality of the cover, if it didn't memory would be completely full and cause playback issues. How...

Humans certainly can be....regardless of inanimate (non-human) economic system.

Let me revise a little bit, "Can be"

There also seems to be a recurring assertion by some that a price is not a rip-off if someone chooses not to pay it. A price on something can still be a rip off in and of itself. The person electing not to pay it is a separate circumstance. These...

If you use MinimServer, the simplest thing is to have a folder.jpg If you use a different UPnP server, you'll need to check its documentation. Lumin app has a full screen album art mode. The largest (or highest dpi) iOS devices have a long...

I find it ironic that anyone in high end audio and probably having other nice expensive "toys" and possessions, a nice house in a desirable place with the freedom to post whatever they like would intimate or flat out assert that Capitalism is...

Morality has nothing to do with politics, or does it in your case? Only you have brought up politics. Capitalism can be and is a good thing because it allows for other than state run businesses. It just isn't right when a CEO makes a 1000 times more...

exactly

This is the second time now in this thread you have called Capitalism immoral. Keep it up, you are sounding like a socialist every time you make that statement and you are trying to turn this thread into political posturing.

That is not at all what I said. I was just pointing out that we have the same issue with all luxury items AND how different people feel about them. On another site, Vintage Majority usually tells anyone who asks not to buy new because vintage is...

That is obviously how they got the agency - bought a lot of kit up front. They also bought a lot of kit from Naim and Focal, which I guess they didn't sell all of - hence Naim Statement amps and 40% off and Focal Grant Utopia @ 180k off...

so I guess everyone should work there whole life and not enjoy the fruit of there labor, gotcha:congrats:

Yeah now ask what watch everyone is wearing. Same deal, a $25 Timex tells the same time as a $20K Rolex, but some people have the need to say "I have a Rolex" It is no different with every other luxury item out there including audio.

No worries - all good. :)

Sorry....yes I did. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

You must have missed the part where I said my post was not aimed at you but was a comment in general. :)

It seems you are assuming and yourself judging what I meant. I was stating an opinion from my own experience, including the myriad moments in my own life and this hobby where I have done exactly what I have written. Sent from my SM-G998U...

And that is there right to pay what ever they want, even if others think they spent too much. Who are we to judge how they spend their own money? I would't spend $120K on a car when a Honda or Toyota will get people to the same place just as...

Only those so desparate to have the "it" be it a brand name itself, a specific model, or commodity that they would abandon rational thought and pay it. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

No. In that case economics, competition, should resolve the issue. Who in their right mind would pay $3k more for something than they had to? In Magico's case it wouldn't be apples to apples, you'd have to decide if their prodict is worth the...

Man almighty. The Kenichi Tsunoda Big Band albums are superb. Definitely will be adding to my demo list. Thanks for sharing.

Naim seems to be having an issue worldwide. Their decision to send a $27K kit to a very popular low-end reviewer here in the US was a spectacular failure and shows how out of touch they have become. Plus there is a lot of talk about their many,...

Fair point.

A2A also took Siltech, Crystal Cable and Pillium from him. Against that he's picked up Bladelius. BTW I'm really happy with Bladelius, it's proving to be a very good pairing with M3. Basically the Bladelius ASK has taken over from my seven box...

Did not realise Boris got punted. He was hardly adding value to the brand, had high retail prices, would sell direct to customers at cheaper prices to undermine any retailers he had and carried no stock - so he was basically an order taker at a...

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What is immutable is Singapore Airlines charging five times the price for a one-way ticket compared to the usual price of a return ticket, just because it's the last day of the school holidays, is a rip off. And it's price gouging. I chose to stay...

Actually it was Esoteric who didn't do themselves any favors. There is a YouTube video of the Esoteric guys discussing the new M1X and they recommended leaving it on 24/7 for five days to reach its sonic peak. No thanks, not for me. And I told them...

And honestly, Stereophile didn’t do the new M1X any favors with its review. Makes me pause before even considering them as an option to allow the ESLink connection. I pull love to be able to test it out with their latest monos but having to keep...

Completely agree.

You completely missed the point and the explanation.

Yep, but my point was, if you had an Esoteric power amp the ESLA link from the C1X solo might win over the voltage mode connection. I don't have an Esoteric power amp to make that comparison for myself.