Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!gitpyr!gt3403b From: gt3403b@gitpyr.UUCP (Ray Chen) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Linn/Naim seminar(results) Message-ID: <1001@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 12:23:44 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.1001 Posted: Fri Nov 8 12:23:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 05:21:11 EST References: <187@myrias.UUCP> <973@gitpyr.UUCP> <486@brl-sem.ARPA> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 29 In article <486@brl-sem.ARPA>, ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) writes: > Actually, anything that introduces a mechanical component into the audio > chain and therefore involves craftsmanship rather than mere design to > produce good results is going to be inordinately more expensive. This is > why speakers and the turntable complex is likely to be the most expensive > part while the straight electronic parts are going to cost less and less > as time goes by. I agree, which is the main reason behind my putting an upper limit on the cost ratio I recommended. If you're after an good level of performance from all parts of your stereo system and you put enough money into it, the mechanical components will begin to dominate the cost. If I was putting together a $6000 system, I could see putting say, $2000 into the speakers, $3000 into the table/arm/cartridge and $1000 into the preamp and amp. Electronics (both design and manufacturing) are improving faster than mechanisms, so I also expect the electronically-oriented components to get cheaper and cheaper as time goes by (which means the ratio will have to get tweaked). So, anybody got $6000 they want to give me ?? :-) Ray Chen gitpyr!chen Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!chen