Which Ink Lines Are Overpriced?

[david-p]

On 7/4/2021 at 1:57 AM, samasry said:

25 years ago, before mp3 and streaming audio took over, the Audiophile community used to have oxygen-free copper wiring that cost 10x the normal wiring and the next step was pure Silver wiring that used to cost 100x the normal wiring.

 

At least those people claimed or thought they were hearing subtle sounds that the normal wiring supposedly squashes during transmission.

 

Saner people used to demonstrate that  you can use a metal dry cleaning  hanger, specially for the signal path between the power  Amplifier and speaker and  get a signal as good as the signal you get from pure silver speaker wiring;  of course to no avail.

 

The funny part of this tale from silver past, is that if you open  a speaker that costs several thousands, the internal wiring of those speakers are made of the cheapest possible wiring, in many cases not even copper let alone sans oxygen.

 

To each his/her own

 

That is not ancient history. Fancy cables are now de rigeur for a sysetm to be accepted as hard core audiophile. Personally, as a classical recording engineer/producer, I use zip cord for my speakers and it sounds terrific. I wont touch mp3s for serious listening, however.

 

David

[david-p]

On 7/3/2021 at 12:03 PM, ethernautrix said:

Here's a screenshot. Did a search on "Dupont ink."

 

Nice bottle.

 

But my favorite black ink is Noodler's Bulletproof Black. So....

This is advertised as "the perfect complement to your S.T. Dupont fountain pen", which sounds about right.  Have you seen the price of their pens?

 

David

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

On 6/29/2021 at 6:34 PM, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

The regular inks ( Royal Blue, Midnight blue, Irish Green and Toffee Brown) are decently priced here, and they cost slightly less than Iroshizuku for 10 ml more.

Sadly for me, this is no longer the case. They cost about 28.75 dollars here now. The permanent inks cost 33.66 dollars. 

[RJS]

26 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

Sadly for me, this is no longer the case. They cost about 28.75 dollars here now. The permanent inks cost 33.66 dollars. 

Depending on your country's import taxes and duties, you could import from a European store during a sale, as I do... Regular MB bottles in the recurring sales cost €13.22/$15.71USD (without tax) and free international shipping is available on orders of €100 or €150.

 

Edit: I removed the tax from the prices, as depending on where you are and how your tax laws work, it's easier for you to calculate your price from there.