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<blockquote data-quote="brian maddox" data-source="post: 59456" data-attributes="member: 158">Re: Carvin Line Array In StockI agree with you Tim.&nbsp; But i was struck by what Ivan said as well.&nbsp; I know i&#039;ve certainly been guilty of the kind of thinking he describes.&nbsp; When the cheap gear fails, i think to myself &#039;yeah, that&#039;s a POS&#039;.&nbsp; But when the Pricey stuff fails i tend to justify it as being the price you pay for working with higher end &#039;boutique&#039; gear that isn&#039;t made in significant enough quantity to be able to wring out all the failure points....&nbsp; This &#039;creative&#039; logic is obviously being used to help me justify spending big dollars for something that broke.Obviously, with the higher end stuff you hopefully get customer service to support the failure.&nbsp; And just as obviously there is a certain correlation between Price and Reliability.&nbsp; But there are obvious blind spots in all our thinking as well.I keep thinking back to my experiences with some high end British Consoles [names redacted].&nbsp; I&#039;ve experienced so many power supply failures and ribbon cables falling off and all manner of other things that i cannot for a minute believe that i&#039;ve been the only one to experience these.&nbsp; Yet, not only are they still making desks, they are among the first names people mention when speaking of their favorite gear.&nbsp; They certainly make some excellent products, but i can&#039;t help but believe there is also some unintentional bias being applied to help us justify our loyalty.None of this is intended as an indictment of anyone, and i&#039;m certainly as guilty as the next.&nbsp; Just a very interesting study in human nature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian maddox, post: 59456, member: 158"] Re: Carvin Line Array In Stock I agree with you Tim. But i was struck by what Ivan said as well. I know i've certainly been guilty of the kind of thinking he describes. When the cheap gear fails, i think to myself 'yeah, that's a POS'. But when the Pricey stuff fails i tend to justify it as being the price you pay for working with higher end 'boutique' gear that isn't made in significant enough quantity to be able to wring out all the failure points.... This 'creative' logic is obviously being used to help me justify spending big dollars for something that broke. Obviously, with the higher end stuff you hopefully get customer service to support the failure. And just as obviously there is a certain correlation between Price and Reliability. But there are obvious blind spots in all our thinking as well. I keep thinking back to my experiences with some high end British Consoles [names redacted]. I've experienced so many power supply failures and ribbon cables falling off and all manner of other things that i cannot for a minute believe that i've been the only one to experience these. Yet, not only are they still making desks, they are among the first names people mention when speaking of their favorite gear. They certainly make some excellent products, but i can't help but believe there is also some unintentional bias being applied to help us justify our loyalty. None of this is intended as an indictment of anyone, and i'm certainly as guilty as the next. Just a very interesting study in human nature. [/QUOTE]

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