![]() ![]() ![]() Mondial Designs was not the first company to realize that they could prosper with a Build it Good, Make it Affordable and They Will Come attitude. The cycle ends only when the manufacturer judges that the market for the product can no longer justify a higher price.īut there is another way. Increase the final price, and you have to increase the size and weight to retain a high perceived value. Increase the size and weight of anything, and the manufacturing costs-and retail price-inevitably increase. Or do they? There are many superb-sounding super-amps, to be sure, but once you reach a certain point, the cost/weight ratio begins to spiral upward much faster than the sound quality. Whether it's about the music itself, or simply "my amp is bigger than your amp" one-upmanship, we all know that those who risk a hernia in pursuit of the ultimate in sound invariably come out winners. Like most audiophiles, I salivate over the latest Jurassic, second-mortgage-inducing power amplifier. ![]()
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