Mark Levinson on Luxury Audio Market

[gopib]

Audiophile Icon Calls Out the ‘Mafia’ Tactics of Luxury Audio Market​

Audiophile Icon Calls Out the 'Mafia' Tactics of Luxury Audio Market

An insider’s take on how the industry exploits audiophiles.

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Interesting reading.....

 

[jai1611]

The same guy who used to repackage Chinese hifi as Red Rose Audio now complaining about the luxury hifi market seems quite ironic

 

[Analogous]

This part 2 of his interview is fascinating….Thanks for turning us on to this

 

[Analogous]

And this…. He speaks a bit about Indian music, high efficiency speakers….

 

[Analogous]

And there is this:
Chiara speakers €23,000
Maria 800 - €33,000
Plexiglass speaker stands €3,000

€59,000​

 

[Nitin K]

And there is this:
Chiara speakers €23,000
Maria 800 - €33,000
Plexiglass speaker stands €3,000

€59,000​

With that kind of money, one could have 2 persons singing and playing music within a big pair of speaker like enclosures which will sound very life like & that too without an amp.

 

[prateekatasniya]

The same guy who used to repackage Chinese hifi as Red Rose Audio now complaining about the luxury hifi market seems quite ironic

maybe his tactics has been overpowered by an even more powerful tactic

 

[Analogous]

maybe his tactics has been overpowered by an even more powerful tactic

Business and marketing aside, plenty of interesting insights in his discussions in these videos.
Being a musician himself, he brings a unique perspective and approach to amp and speaker engineering.
He mentions he has been a student of Indian classical music for 55 years (he was 77y at the time of this video)
I learnt about “sympathetic strings” (extra strings that resonate but are not played directly on) in the Sarod and Sitar.