How does any of this relate to the subject matter ?
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How does any of this relate to the subject matter ?
...why does it have to be justified? By anyone. To anyone.
If I would like to purchase the "product" you designed for the space station, how much will it cost me, and do you accept PayPal?
You re probably right , i did n t even watch the VID as its probably HIFI OCD gossip
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Yes to all of the first paragraph. Mil spec parts are special no denying that.
Again you completely keep going past the fact that profits are directly negotiated in military contracts and companies can project their income and plan on that income to cover R+D, plant expansion and hiring as examples.
High end or and any small commercial enterprise can't do that selling piecemeal to uncertain buyers in an industry selling disposable luxury products.
They can't survive on the margins built into mil contacts. There is to much uncertainty.
Rob
Here I will spell it out for you, these are products that in the real business world would never be brought to market. These products in real commerce are not economically feasible. What the high-end consumers are doing is subsidizing bad business practices. There I spoon fed it to you.
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Now we certainly dont agree .
People who like SQ should be thankfull that Andy Payor took the time to design the Lyra or that Charles van Oosterum took the effort to design the Kharma exquisite classic .
Off course its probably not a very viable business , thats why i dont put much money into it, but we shouldnt condemn designers who do
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And their consumers are paying for more than what they get. Are you in upper management? Have you ever taken part in an economics feasibility study for a project or product development?
What most of them do is something out of passion , money is only a word and numbers.
Nobody forces anybody to buy anything , so whats the problem??
Yes and you must therefore accept that you are paying more than their inherent value.
...what the hell is "the real business world" of which you speak? Aerospace? Cheap clothing made by Asian kids?
Who cares?? So what if they are??? Isn't that what luxury goods are all about??? Famous quote:
If you have to ask you can't afford it
Who are they hurting besides the buyers who seem to be all in???
People are free to spend their money as they like.
Rob
And then what ?
Then you have a lot of money and you made your share holders happy , but when you come home and want to listen to music all that awaits you is a pair of Jamos or Mission Loudspeakers.
Because nobody designed anything better , because it wasn t economically "viable "
Who cares?? So what if they are??? Isn't that what luxury goods are all about??? Famous quote:
If you have to ask you can't afford it
Who are they hurting besides the buyers who seem to be all in???
People are free to spend their money as they like.
Rob
Yes and you must therefore accept that you are paying more than their inherent value AND not try to justify it as there is no justification.
Nonsense! A dollar is worth a dollar be cause we collectively believe it to be so. Value is in the eye of the beholder with luxury goods and if the buyer is satisfied your assumptions fall flat.
Rob
Nonsense! A dollar is worth a dollar be cause we collectively believe it to be so. Value is in the eye of the beholder with luxury goods and if the buyer is satisfied your assumptions fall flat.
Rob
It is obvious that we have NOT worked in the same industries and you have not reached the upper level of management to know about the economics tied to investment decision making.
At this point you are set in your ways.
I will leave you with this.: When I got one of my degrees in electrical engineering, one of the courses that we had to take was “Engineering Ethics”. That course would explain a lot of your misguided beliefs away. Go on Amazon and educate yourself on Engineering Ethics and I think that you will see my point a little clearer.
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Republicoftexas69
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Wow this thread has taken a severe socioeconomic turn. Personally I think capitalism rocks!
Take a look at my high-end audio, mastering studio equipment and Porsche collections. I think the capitalism rocks also. Need to be ethical. I was under the impression that you work for a semi-conductor manufacturer. Do you guys not get ethics training?
...yes, but it also does classical, jazz and various other denominations.
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