Cost and Value: A Counterpoint by Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note UK
Where Peter Qvortrup weighs in on cost, value and sound It is no secret that with our stated mission of bringing musical enjoyment to the family, while operating under realistic budgets - we have been openly skeptical of the value of high priced audio, and have tried to find relative values in the audio world for ourselves as well as for our readers. I was on a forum that I absolutely love, and joined in on a discussion that had turned to a typical complaint (high prices), but this time Peter Qvortrup of Audio Note UK joined in. We had a healthy and vigorous exchange surrounding price, value and the responsibility of engineers with regard to these highly specialized products. Unlike a lot of talk on forums, his was a well reasoned point of view that provided a valuable counterpoint to our usual assertions - and as such we felt it provided something our readers could use to help form an opinion beyond the usual "it costs a lot therefore it can't be worthwhile." I...