...and said accessory was ________________??
It was Burwen Bobcat software...or still is...
http://www.burwenaudio.com/BURWEN_BOBCAT.html
Ki
...and said accessory was ________________??
ALan
It could be that I am not following the industry enough.. I am not however sure an industry will survive by not trying to grow its ranks/customers.
Should I take your last post as meaning that the survival strategy is to simply raise price? Surviving on the enthusiasts? In other words the only way for High End Audio is to become more like the Luxury Goods Industry with prices entirely uncorrelated to performance? That may work for a while but not for long ..
Interestingly enough the notion of "Lost Generation" in Audio" seems to run counter to research by one of our members here, Dr Sean Olive. His findings suggest that when presented with correct reproduction.. Young people perceive the difference and preferred products that provide such.
Hi Davey,
Disclaimer: this comment has nothing to do with Singer in particular, I know nothing about them.
I wonder what percentage of this forums readership has easy access to a high end store, and if they do, just how much high end does the store carry. I think the internet has created a much better informed customer, and a customer desirous of more choices. When I used to visit high end stores regularily, I had to travel from one to 4 hours to reach a total of three high end dealers. Most of them carried the same stuff. There was little choice among all the possibilities out there. Singer excluded, as I gather he had lots of stuff to choose from.
Anyway, perhaps our expectations are just too demanding for a high end audio house to meet as regards how many components we want to hear before making choices. Also, I found that dealers would get disturbed if you auditioned more than a couple of speakers or cd players during a visit, despite the lack of customers.
What I mean by this is you unplugged cd player a from system 2, put it on system 3, unplegged speakers from system 4 and put on system 3, etc. In other words, the value that they alone could provide was considered too much effort on their part. Then there was their WOW, that sounds so good exclamation every time you changed something cause they just wanted to make the sale, they never realized how it made them look like idiots to me.
Times have changed, and in high end, if you are not willing to provide service, and time, to allow the customer to convince themselves before they plop down some rediculous amount of money, what the heck are you in the business for? That is the way I see it, the way they seemed to see it was I was wasting their time (as soon as I wanted to swap more than two components, after all they had put their systems together and I should just buy the system I could afford!).
Tom
I am curious about the age of everyone involved in this discussion, just because you all seem to be an accurate example of the HE industries collective think tank. I really feel that much like the folks talking here, the HE industry is a bunch of old(er) guys with no concept of what my generation is looking for in quality vs price, and how we can possibly fit into today budgeted life style. Further more I bet that the same folks have no idea what its like to survive in this economic environment as a thirty-something struggling to get ahead while still allowing some of the finer perks in life too, my guess is most have been financially secure for a long time now and have lost touch with this most basic part of todays consumer and the reality of the challenges they face everyday.
My prediction (and prayer) is that this is all a natural flushing of the HE toilet, allowing the next generation to push out the high and mighty old timers and bring some fresh ideas and reality to a market that has none of either....at least I hope so because the alternative is the death of HE. As I read of all of the vast information on e-zines and forums, I cant relate any of it to my pears, it simply doesn't translate. If my generation completely drifts away from the industry because HE doesnt understand our needs, well there isnt much hope is there? I mean yes there still is a bunch of late 40's- early 50 somethings keeping it a-float, but in 10 more yrs they will be clinging to their retirements and hoping their super systems last longer than they do. Once that happens we might see the end if changes arent made now. I seriously cant have this conversation with anyone my age, they just dont get it....which is simply because high end doesnt get us, and we are its future if it has one at all. Its a ticking time bomb in plain sight and no one seems to be doing a damn thing about it.
I apologize if my post is to far off topic.
Jim
Add to the list Audio Dimensions in Royal Oak (SE ) Michigan...............But when giants such as SBS start to leave the earth, it seems to me the end of the dinosaur era is close at hand.