I think he meant "If you can't afford the higher prices I charge it's not worth talking to you"A hugely influential figure in the HiFi industry once said this to potential customers "If you can't hear the difference, it's not worth worth talking to you"
I don't know either, but I recall that a reviewer(can't remember who) once wrote something like " if you like the PRAT of Naim, but can't afford their amp, buy Creek amplifier.I have no answer to the above, but does anyone remember this phrase being used?:
"If you can't afford Radford, get Quad"
FTFYNicechapcrap apparently.
Very well, because I bought a nice Seiko shortly after in their closing down sale when I was working Bristol. Early 1990s iirc?Anyone remember Gerald Ratner describing his company's products as "crap"?
Whilst hardly diplomatic, the statement probably was technically accurate from a business perspective.A hugely influential figure in the HiFi industry once said this to potential customers "If you can't hear the difference, it's not worth worth talking to you"
I have to that in all my years of Naim ownership and dealers, I never once heard that pitch/saying.A hugely influential figure in the HiFi industry once said this to potential customers "If you can't hear the difference, it's not worth worth talking to you"
Funnily enough, Linn‘s tagline says roughly the reverse (or is it converse?):-"If you can't hear the difference that's because there is none."
Now that would be refreshing to hear from the foo peddlers!
And if it sounds the same, you are deaf.Funnily enough, Linn‘s tagline says roughly the reverse (or is it converse?):-
“Our advice has always been; if it sounds better, it is better.”
Eh? (ear trumpet buried firmly into cochlea)And if it sounds the same, you are deaf.