Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds

• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, but I’d say that all audiophiles are nerds

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• pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What about gamers? What do you think all those cool designs are for?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Those are for people who want to look like gamers.

    I love playing games, but I don’t buy any of that crap. I buy quality hardware, never overspend on the top-of-the-line for a few pct gain, and only upgrade when I’m not getting a great experience. I don’t buy RGB nonsense, avoid “gamer” branding, etc, and end up spending a fraction of what “enthusiasts” spend while having a very similar actual gaming experience.

    It seems there are two groups at the extremes of any given niche: “enthusiasts” and value seekers. The first group sucks up all that high end and branded stuff (for gaming, that’s top tier CPUs and GPUs, RGB crap, “gaming” chairs, etc) and largely keep the hobby lucrative and post pictures of their setup and whatnot. The latter group want the most bang for their buck and end up getting something about 90% as good as the enthusiasts while spending about 10-20%, and tend to be very active in text forms in forums and whatnot, so they’ll be providing reviews and whatnot. I’ve always been in the second group of whatever thing I’m interested in, so most of the marketing is just noise and I want reviews from others in the community instead of marketing and branding.

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• AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t have the money and much equipment for it, but I’m a little bit of one. Ever since I got a pretty damn good quality pair of bluetooth headphones last Christmas, I have absolutely wanted nothing more than to use them on everything because sound quality is divine.

  I crave high quality sound because I listen to music and videos way too much for my own good.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’m not an audiophile, but I do care about my audio. I by things that give a really good bang for my money, I don’t chase the top end of the top end. My headphones cost something like $100, my desktop speakers were about that much as well, and they’re both incredible. I’m not going to chase that last 5% or whatever that’s going to drain my wallet, I just want something solid that’s not going to break in 6 months.

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  • devedeset@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I did blow $300 on headphones mostly because I was extremely underwhelmed with bass on cheaper ones. That’s where I’m at - research the best thing for my use case in my budget, and sometimes my budget increases based on my research.

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