Toffs and yuppies? It's about 40 years since I heard those terms used!!
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It's 2024 fella, people aren't as hard up as the media make you think....
Considering the average price of a phone is about £600 that will last the buyer 3 years max before they want to upgrade I think £1000 is a fair price for a quality bit of kit that will last someone 10 to 20 years.
The number of people I know who "claim" to be hard up then pull a new iPhone out of their pocket and have a newish car on their drive, have Sky, Virgin, Netflix and Prime really does make you question what people consider to be hard up.
People like us love music, it's our passion, so I'll quite happily cut out unnecessary subscriptions so I can purchase audio equipment to keep these wonderful companies in business
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It still costs close to £900, and that might be a lot for many people.
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Do you deny there are people who won’t be able to justify spending his much? If so, why are you pretending that this is something anyone can buy? Have you ever considered that there are more people with lower incomes than those with high ones, and that those people, even music fans, might have other priorities for whatever money they might have left over after their monthly expenses?
Music is your passion. Oh really? That means spending a lot of money, right? Music is also a passion for people who can’t afford these expensive products too. Thankfully they are just as passionate about using their senses and don’t waste money on things that don’t enhance their enjoyment of music anyway. There are many other ways to enjoy music affordably. Companies like the one that made this product would be better of making products that are affordable.
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After rent, bills, groceries, and other essential expenses, many people have little money left over, if any. Yes, that is 2024, but maybe that means different things to different people.
There are people who have kids and expenses related to raising them and won’t have the luxury of spending on things like this because they might have many other things competing for their disposable income and some of that might relate to things that would be considered more pressing.
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Part of the reason this product has probably seen a nose dive in price is because most people won’t spend this type of money on stuff like this.
Clearly they aren’t otherwise most people would have one won’t they? Some people have more money than sense and don’t see what they don’t want to see.
There are people who aren’t rolling in money, and they are the majority, not the minority, and even passionate music fans can’t afford everything. Many people can’t even afford to pay the crazy ticket prices for concerts.
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My point, with which you didn’t even engage, was that these companies will sell more products if they made them affordable, and then they will have more customers. Those customers might buy more of their products, which means they will have more stable businesses.
As mobile phones and cheap consumer electronics usurp the market share of big companies, they need to stop and smell the coffee.
Look at the iem market. The Chinese IEM companies like Linsoul are now offering products that are outstanding and have pretty much surpassed the overpriced stuff Sony, Sennheiser, and Shure make, and they are selling more to, hey, let me check, passionate music fans. So what are Shure customers paying for? Their logo?
The Linsoul stuff can be easily replaced too because it isn’t expensive.
Cheap is good because all this tech doesn’t cost to make. I
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Yes, to aim for the yuppie and toff market is madness. There is no reason why the product we are discussing can’t be cheaper. Cheap is good. If it breaks you don’t miss it, and and you can replace it quickly. The product we are discussing should be about £70. At most. Many people won’t even pay that. Except people who have so much money. Let these rip off companies take their cash. No skin off my nose.
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