For years, my colleagues and I have laughed at the idea of someone playing a $10 to $20 piece of vinyl plastic on sound system costing, in some cases, in excess of a quarter million dollars, or more.
Aside from the fact that most 60's and 70's albums were EQed and mastered to sound good on car radios as well as low cost turntables and rigs, how does this price disparity between the source material (the vinyl record) and the pricey playback equipment make sense? If the playback medium was as pricey as the high priced equipment it was played on, this would make sense. But it does not. Discuss.
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