can anyone really justify spending $10K on rainbow refs?

[60ndown 10+ year member]

i believe if someone is going to spend 'that' kinda money on audio, they need to re-evaluate what life is actually about. personally id rather help 6 of my friends buy a house, then have some stupid high end speakers in my front room. but thats me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ilvwhtgrls 10+ year member]

Buying a home in CA for 10k? That is not even enough to cover the commisions for the real estate agents.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

help buy 6 houses, $180,000 would cover a good chunk

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

i believe if someone is going to spend 'that' kinda money on audio, they need to re-evaluate what life is actually about. personally id rather help 6 of my friends buy a house, then have some stupid high end speakers in my front room. but thats me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

don't forget, the price you paid for your stuff could have helped those "for only pennies a day" kids you see on TV....

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

i believe if someone is going to spend 'that' kinda money on audio, they need to re-evaluate what life is actually about. personally id rather help 6 of my friends buy a house, then have some stupid high end speakers in my front room. but thats me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Then I presume you only own things essential to sustaining your own survival, and give away every other cent you earn to aid others? Like this internet you are typing on...hope it's free from your local library. Because otherwise, why aren't you giving that money away to charities instead of buying a computer and subscribing to the internet with it? I really hope you don't own a TV and subscribe to cable/satellite...because that money could have gone to helping a single unemployed mother feed her children. That stereo you listen to in your car/home....that money could have went to a homeless man. Hell, why even have a car? You could just walk, ride a bike or take public transportation everywhere and given that money to your local foodbank. You don't need a car.

Why shouldn't someone who has the money spend it on the luxuries he wants? You do exactly the same, only on a smaller scale due to your similarly smaller disposable income.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

Then I presume you only own things essential to sustaining your own survival, and give away every other cent you earn to aid others? Like this internet you are typing on...hope it's free from your local library. Because otherwise, why aren't you giving that money away to charities instead of buying a computer and subscribing to the internet with it? I really hope you don't own a TV and subscribe to cable/satellite...because that money could have gone to helping a single unemployed mother feed her children. That stereo you listen to in your car/home....that money could have went to a homeless man. Hell, why even have a car? You could just walk, ride a bike or take public transportation everywhere and given that money to your local foodbank. You don't need a car.

Why should someone who has the money spend it on the luxuries he wants. You do exactly the same, only on a smaller scale due to your similarly smaller disposable income.

i wish i were a perfect example of humanity. enjoying life is ok if you ask me but imo $180,000 on a stereo is beyond reason.

 

[GrnEydDvl 10+ year member]

i wish i were a perfect example of humanity. enjoying life is ok if you ask me but imo $180,000 on a stereo is beyond reason.

Just like to my wife, spending $1800 on a car stereo is beyond her reason. She still supports me, though.

 

[Pr0d1gy 10+ year member]

Let's not go overboard on this guys. Are they overpriced? You bet your *** they are, just like most of the Rainbow speakers, but the thing is that people pay over $100,000 for home audio speakers all the **** time. So what is the big deal about trying to sell some for the car for 1/10th that price? There is nothing unusual about any of this, except maybe that it is gear designed for a car, because people have been doing this for years in the home side of the business.

I can't count how many times I have seen people drop $40k on a pair of Martin Logans, despite the fact that the $5k Vienna Acoustics sounded just as good. That's life in the big city folks, and many of those people are ruled by the almighty dollar....might as well give a little chuckle at them and move on with your own life.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

thats retarded

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

$10k...pfft...

WAVAC charges $350k a pair for their 833A amplifiers, and they don't lack for sales //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

120VAC audio is a land of fools easily seperated from their money...hell, look at me...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

someone needs to make $10k speakers to go with those $1m sports cars

hello //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

they sound darn good, but not 10k good.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

Someone out there wants the pinnacle of craftsmanship and R&D from such company, a HANDMADE PER ORDER set and has the luxury to be able to afford it. Yes when you order these, you have to wait until they ARE MADE for you. THey are not sitting on shelves. You can also request certain custom parameters. Lifetime warranty.

There are people out there with $100k home theater rooms, and front tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for artwork (paintings , etc...) so there sure is a market for audiophiles with deep pockets.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

Someone out there wants the pinnacle of craftsmanship and R&D from such company, a HANDMADE PER ORDER set and has the luxury to be able to afford it. Yes when you order these, you have to wait until they ARE MADE for you. THey are not sitting on shelves. You can also request certain custom parameters. Lifetime warranty.
There are people out there with $100k home theater rooms, and front tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for artwork (paintings , etc...) so there sure is a market for audiophiles with deep pockets.

hmm, makes me think of esb of italy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[Pr0d1gy 10+ year member]

Someone out there wants the pinnacle of craftsmanship and R&D from such company, a HANDMADE PER ORDER set and has the luxury to be able to afford it. Yes when you order these, you have to wait until they ARE MADE for you. THey are not sitting on shelves. You can also request certain custom parameters. Lifetime warranty.
There are people out there with $100k home theater rooms, and front tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for artwork (paintings , etc...) so there sure is a market for audiophiles with deep pockets.

Especially when you get so much more enjoyment out of great audio than most people ever will out of any artwork....cept maybe the Cistene (sp?) Chapel. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif