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“They figured out a long time ago that if you slap the word vintage on a piece of obsolete electronics, some gullible moron will convince himself it's the missing ingredient between his bedroom recordings and a platinum record.”

SpectreSoundStudios, at 1:26 of “The Vintage Gear Scam is OVER!” on SpectreSoundStudios’ channel.

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1:15 Because audio engineers are dumb motherfuckers who will fall for a good story, and not put things to the test.
1:21 I should know, for many years I was one of them. And the scalpers know it too.
1:26 They figured out a long time ago that if you slap the word vintage on a piece of obsolete electronics, some gullible moron will convince himself it's the missing ingredient between his bedroom
1:35 recordings and a platinum record.
1:37 Don't believe me? Check out the prices on an original 1176 compressor.
1:41 Here's one for $5,835. Oh, and here's a blue stripe for a paltry $23,000.