$1400 in Fashion and Home Audio
High-end audio equipment is in many ways similar to high-end fashion. Prices are astronomical and it takes a sophisticated ear/eye to appreciate them. Both purchases are a reflection of your individual sophistication and style, and can only be appreciated by your equally sophisticated peers. Not everyone can admire the space potato sack dress (for its fashion-forwardness), or the unsightly cherry-wood floor speakers (for their exceptional sound). A woman who favored Marni was once told she was lucky to be married – since "no man would take her out on a date in those ridiculous clothes." But what is to be said of guys who spend $20,000 on a speaker system and wear $20 jeans from Wal-Mart? In both industries, brand recognition is extremely important. Most people have heard of Prada and Bang & Olufsen, but what about Peter Som or mbl? If you and your partner are, respectively, home theatre and fashion enthusiasts, here's a quick reference chart so you can be on the same page. (For example upgrading to Yamaha's top of the line $5,000+ reciever, is comparable to investing in a Chanel jacket as a wardrobe staple.)
Tatjana Mitchell Contributing Editor eCoustics.com |
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     Gold Member Username: John_sColumbus, Ohio US Post Number: 1985 Registered: Feb-04 |
"But what is to be said of guys who spend $20,000 on a speaker system and wear $20 jeans from Wal-Mart?" I'd say their priorities are about right.  |
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