Mostly true, but unlike high end audio, the best coffee can be bought by most people. The best I’ve ever had was $2US.
Re:Handbrewing Coffee
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:43PM
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High end audio isn't expensive, the bullshit is.
You can grab some nice drivers, unreasonably high-quality crossover components, and couple sheets of MDF to make yourself some floor-standers for a few hundred. Using any number of popular DIY speaker designs, you'll have something that would easily stand up to anything of a similar format in a blind A/B test.
Amplification is dirt cheap now; class-D amps are superlatively good even in the <$100 category. You can even add in DSP for a very reasonable price if you want to jerk off to glass-flat charts.
Building your own is not the same as buying, though. What would the cost for that same product be if it came all assembled for you, but the same quality? I'm betting it's pretty expensive.
It's probably also not that expensive to roast your own coffee beans, but it's an extra step that non-hobbyists don't want to deal with.
Re:Handbrewing Coffee
by PascLeRasc on Thursday March 07, 2019 @03:58PM
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The best coffee maker you had was $2 or the best coffee was a cup you bought for $2? If the latter, I'm sure the equipment and training that went into that was in the thousands of dollars range.
Re:Handbrewing Coffee
by michaelcampbell on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:13PM
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> Most of the experience is subjective.
Followed closely by...
> The best I’ve ever had was $2US.
QED
WRT junk info, coffee is not that different from audiophiles or wine. Luxury product, real differences exist, but they are subtle & hard to measure. Most of the experience is subjective.