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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Duffin" data-source="post: 63811" data-attributes="member: 400"><p>Re: Carvin Line Array In Stock</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To the layman, your logic is sound. But to the person who actually knows whats going on, it borders on unbelievable that you would attempt to pass something like that off as an engineer. Some vehicles cost more because they do not ever break down. They were specifically designed and manufactured with absolutely zero defects in manufacturing and assembly. This is achieved by completely removing the human element of uncertainty from the manufacturing process. A Lexus is ENTIRELY manufactured by machine for that specific reason. Every bolt, screw, nut and stitch is done by machine and there have never been any errors in manufacturing since the inception of the brand. Think back for a second, have you ever in your entire life seen a broken down new lexus? I bet you have not. I have only seen one that ran out of gas, and I live in the Bay Area in CA where there are a bazillion cars everywhere every day. </p><p></p><p>This same logic applies to electronic devices as well. It is more likely that a crappily manufactured chinese speaker of ANY type will blow up/break down/catch on fire/fall from the ceiling than the most expensive US made line array. Now why is that? Positing aside, the fact of the matter is that Chinese manufacturers are INCAPABLE of manufacturing precision products as good as the US/Germany/Japan. They simply can't do it. If one were to actually do research and plot the percentage of failed speakers based on their MTBF versus manufacturing origin, what conclusion do you think you would arrive at? I bet you a box of donuts that US made loudspeakers fail less than chinese made loudspeakers. </p><p></p><p>That is what justifies the price difference. A consumer is paying for the product to work better and have a better chance of not dying, not for the "brand name." </p><p></p><p>With regards to the discussion about cheap line arrays. I have said it before and I will say it again, A speaker sounds like its price tag. Nothing more, nothing less. If your speaker was 25,000 dollars and you compare it to a speaker that is 1,200 dollars, the 25,000 dollar speaker is "right" and whatever the other less expensive speaker sounds like is wrong. Subjectivity defines the price one can charge for their system, and I flaunt this logic at every opportunity. If I am comparing my sound system to someone elses and they happen to use more affordable equipment, I immediately label the offending system as "fake crap" while my brand name equipment is the "real stuff". It serves the industry to be as snobby as possible with regards to equipment-- the more accepting of low cost products an industry is, the less they can charge for their services and eventually everyone works for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim Duffin, post: 63811, member: 400"] Re: Carvin Line Array In Stock To the layman, your logic is sound. But to the person who actually knows whats going on, it borders on unbelievable that you would attempt to pass something like that off as an engineer. Some vehicles cost more because they do not ever break down. They were specifically designed and manufactured with absolutely zero defects in manufacturing and assembly. This is achieved by completely removing the human element of uncertainty from the manufacturing process. A Lexus is ENTIRELY manufactured by machine for that specific reason. Every bolt, screw, nut and stitch is done by machine and there have never been any errors in manufacturing since the inception of the brand. Think back for a second, have you ever in your entire life seen a broken down new lexus? I bet you have not. I have only seen one that ran out of gas, and I live in the Bay Area in CA where there are a bazillion cars everywhere every day. This same logic applies to electronic devices as well. It is more likely that a crappily manufactured chinese speaker of ANY type will blow up/break down/catch on fire/fall from the ceiling than the most expensive US made line array. Now why is that? Positing aside, the fact of the matter is that Chinese manufacturers are INCAPABLE of manufacturing precision products as good as the US/Germany/Japan. They simply can't do it. If one were to actually do research and plot the percentage of failed speakers based on their MTBF versus manufacturing origin, what conclusion do you think you would arrive at? I bet you a box of donuts that US made loudspeakers fail less than chinese made loudspeakers. That is what justifies the price difference. A consumer is paying for the product to work better and have a better chance of not dying, not for the "brand name." With regards to the discussion about cheap line arrays. I have said it before and I will say it again, A speaker sounds like its price tag. Nothing more, nothing less. If your speaker was 25,000 dollars and you compare it to a speaker that is 1,200 dollars, the 25,000 dollar speaker is "right" and whatever the other less expensive speaker sounds like is wrong. Subjectivity defines the price one can charge for their system, and I flaunt this logic at every opportunity. If I am comparing my sound system to someone elses and they happen to use more affordable equipment, I immediately label the offending system as "fake crap" while my brand name equipment is the "real stuff". It serves the industry to be as snobby as possible with regards to equipment-- the more accepting of low cost products an industry is, the less they can charge for their services and eventually everyone works for free. [/QUOTE]
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