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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 97385" data-attributes="member: 162"><p>Re: Money $$$$$</p><p></p><p></p><p>Most actors, race car drivers, and athletes, painters, musicians, photographers, etc. are indeed paid minimum wage (or at least a lot less than they want to be paid) - if they are paid at all. There are a few that make the big bucks, but still a tiny percentage of the pool. Those that do have figured out a niche where their value has been recognized. Those of us whining about our wages (not necessarily implying you Per) haven't.</p><p></p><p>There is a general assumption that competency is somewhat related to the quality of the gear. While there are surely anomalies everywhere along the continuum, it's more true than not. It certainly can be the case that the customer doesn't know what they're buying and may be sold a system that is too big/too small/too orange/too disco/whatever, but even this is market regulated - the promoters/venue owners who get it wrong end up going away; too much of which is bad for everybody - the installers, musicians, gear manufacturers, and or course the sound purchasing customers.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of folks who would say that cheap non-crap gear is having the opposite effect - a person with a pair of VRX on a stick sells their "line array" to an unsuspecting festival committee, and the gig is a disaster due to inadequate gear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 97385, member: 162"] Re: Money $$$$$ Most actors, race car drivers, and athletes, painters, musicians, photographers, etc. are indeed paid minimum wage (or at least a lot less than they want to be paid) - if they are paid at all. There are a few that make the big bucks, but still a tiny percentage of the pool. Those that do have figured out a niche where their value has been recognized. Those of us whining about our wages (not necessarily implying you Per) haven't. There is a general assumption that competency is somewhat related to the quality of the gear. While there are surely anomalies everywhere along the continuum, it's more true than not. It certainly can be the case that the customer doesn't know what they're buying and may be sold a system that is too big/too small/too orange/too disco/whatever, but even this is market regulated - the promoters/venue owners who get it wrong end up going away; too much of which is bad for everybody - the installers, musicians, gear manufacturers, and or course the sound purchasing customers. There are a number of folks who would say that cheap non-crap gear is having the opposite effect - a person with a pair of VRX on a stick sells their "line array" to an unsuspecting festival committee, and the gig is a disaster due to inadequate gear. [/QUOTE]
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