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Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Can anyone explain why high end audio seems to be forever stuck as a cottage industry? Why do my rich friends who absolutely have to have the BEST of everything and wouldn't be caught dead without expensive clothes, watch, car, home, furniture etc. settle for cheap mass produced components stuck away in a closet somewhere? I can hardly afford to go out to dinner, but I wouldn't dream of spending any less on audio or music. Tucker.morley@yahoo.com   01-02-01

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 01-24-02   I think that sometimes people are also intimidated by the go ...   Kthomas 01-25-02   Good points, kt. when i have fairly naive (aka bose or boom ...   Bishopwill 01-28-02   I believe three reasons (at least): 1. some people don't r ...   Jimmy2615 02-11-02   I think the original premise is wrong. most people really do ...   Keis 02-20-02   Keis, i agree with both your points but especially your firs ...   Ozfly 02-25-02   Well guys, it's almost midnight and my south american 'amiga ...   Psychicanimal 02-26-02   You have to love music - not audio. if you want your music ...   Xenon101 03-16-02   People are generally not exposed to high end audio, there ar ...   Hawaiikid 03-18-02   A few reasons: 1. things like the $20,000 dollar ic's specia ...   Gumbydammit 03-28-02   ..was trying to remember the time before i ate the pill and ...   Queg 04-25-02   they are fooled by some other 'trend'. few of us are allow ...   Eldragon 08-10-02   Because what they hear/see for free sucks (radio and/or tv), ...   bday0000@ 08-14-02   There must be a thousand ways to approach this topic but i t ...   Macrojack 08-15-02   Hm, sounds like some of the stuff i wrote at various times. ...   Pbb 12-24-02   Most of my friends that come over think my system sounds gre ...   Tommy583 12-24-02   Tommy, you are not alone. there has been a lot of discussio ...   Ozfly 12-26-02   Lack of awareness of audio, confusion, expense, snake oil, e ...   Cdc 12-26-02   The number one reason is lack of exposure. even without all ...   Flex 01-01-03   Honestly if i knew it was like this, i wouldnt hoop in this ...   Infinity_audio 01-02-03   Also convenience. very few people are willing to put speaker ...   Cdc 02-07-03: Thedoctor The audio industry has created a very toxic, noncredible environment with hyped, overpriced, gimicky equipment. The more high-end the audio store, the more pompous and arrogant the salesman...do audiophiles really like quality sound or knowing that there equipment is the newest and best? hmm... Thedoctor  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-08-03   Yeah, the doctor is right. music is a distant second to exp ...   Pbb 02-08-03   Thedoctor said it better than i've ever heard. people here w ...   Cdc 02-14-03   Great thread! i think the wording of the original question w ...   Agonanon 02-14-03   Agonanon provides in real time, the main reason why people m ...   Thedoctor 02-14-03   Frasier - "a well-meaning, but egotistical, radio psych ...   Agonanon 02-14-03   No boob, neither real nor synthetic, could be as insightful ...   Thedoctor 03-03-03   Can you imagine the amount of time and hard work that audiop ...   Quadophile 05-06-03   It's an art.. an art of perfection for many audiophiles. wit ...   Jfunky7 06-28-03   Either you love it or ya don't...different people's brains a ...   Ladderlake 06-29-03   The equation between high-end audio equipment and loving mus ...   Pbb 07-03-03   Because for one its a geek oriented hobby. to see grown men ...   Charker 07-12-03   All hobbies which take on the characteristics you describe c ...   Lrsky 07-13-03   Charker, where have you been all these years? i get pounced ...   Pbb 07-24-03   In thedoctor's camp, the brick & mortar dealers are brutally ...   Feaoce 08-03-03   Thanks pbb nice to know there are some level heads on gon. n ...   Charker 09-02-03   i think it's partially the power of designer's of audio m ...   Gonglee3 09-02-03   The sincerity of this post is a tad suspect methinks. audiop ...   Jsonic 09-02-03   Gonglee3, sony bought out aiwa. maybe this will help sony's ...   Cdc 09-14-03   I spend what i can on audio equipment (and software) for no ...   Zy1234 04-07-04   Seems like most of my freinds could care less if they listen ...   Raytheprinter 08-16-04   Because too many people don't know what to do with their eye ...   Jonwolfe 08-29-04   Great question, and i'm not sure why either. i have observe ...   Audioniner 08-29-04   The real answer: folks time ago grew up on sound: the radio ...   Elizabeth 08-29-04   Elizabeth, good point. i wonder now whether the mp-3 player ...   Ozfly 09-12-04   Perhaps we have now discovered the secret to being rich...de ...   Morrowaudio 09-21-04   It takes some type of mentoring for the uninitiated on the b ...   Music1st 11-05-04   As several have mentioned, the number one reason that people ...   Siliab 11-06-04   I've thought about this before too. here are the reasons i ...   Larryb 11-07-04   Most people don't know that high end audio exists. seriousl ...   Wildoats

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