HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I am not accustomed to lumping the Apple crowd into the “good enough” category. We pay this thing called an Apple PREMIUM, presumably for something close to what that word means.
However, it is clearly an Apples to Oranges comparison so far. So if “good enough” is really what the Apple market wants, they can spend the cost of about 2 or 3 HPs for a cheap “5.1 home theater in a box” setup for “good enough. Example. That will still deliver true surround NOW vs hypothetical HP-based equivalent that Apple may never develop. It prob won’t be spectacular but well beyond “good enough” now. And I just selected that one based on ratings. One can go cheaper than that if they like. Example priced below 1 HP with better than 4-star rating.
Of course, this same “good enough” customer could choose PC over Mac, Android over iPhone, Fire tablet over iPad for cheaper “good enough” too. Instead, they pay up for “premium.”
Speakers tend to outlive all Apple tech offerings by 2X to 5X times. If there’s ever a thing in which to pay some premium based on useful life span, it’s speakers IMO.
If me, I wouldn’t buy either example and instead put Apple-type money into a system I expect to enjoy for 10-30 years. But if “good enough” actually applies, there are abundant offerings in that end of this pond for little cost.
However, it is clearly an Apples to Oranges comparison so far. So if “good enough” is really what the Apple market wants, they can spend the cost of about 2 or 3 HPs for a cheap “5.1 home theater in a box” setup for “good enough. Example. That will still deliver true surround NOW vs hypothetical HP-based equivalent that Apple may never develop. It prob won’t be spectacular but well beyond “good enough” now. And I just selected that one based on ratings. One can go cheaper than that if they like. Example priced below 1 HP with better than 4-star rating.
Of course, this same “good enough” customer could choose PC over Mac, Android over iPhone, Fire tablet over iPad for cheaper “good enough” too. Instead, they pay up for “premium.”
Speakers tend to outlive all Apple tech offerings by 2X to 5X times. If there’s ever a thing in which to pay some premium based on useful life span, it’s speakers IMO.
If me, I wouldn’t buy either example and instead put Apple-type money into a system I expect to enjoy for 10-30 years. But if “good enough” actually applies, there are abundant offerings in that end of this pond for little cost.
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