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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
The audio industry has created a very toxic, noncredible env ... Thedoctor
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: Charker
Because for one its a geek oriented hobby. To see grown men fretting over whether something is 99.99998% or 99.9999999% pure copper or imaging or room tuning or the thousands of tweaky overpriced doo-dads we get shoved down our throat is disturbing at worse and silly at the least. The average person wants to put on music enjoy it and get on with his life. I think we glom to much on the messenger and not enough on the message. Plus the prices in high end and even upper mid fi audio border on ridiculous. To have someone say that a $8,000 cable is a bargain must have our non audiophile friends going " hey not only is he audio geeky he's dumb if he believes that stuff." I know we all have been to a friends house where he or she spent so much time making sure the system was performing to its optimum for the listening session that by the time they were done it was time to go. Nothing wrong with making a bourbon and coke, kicking back, turning the music on and just emjoying the it. I really love audio and love good equipment. What I dont like is overblown prices and elitist audio geeks. In fact the tone of the original letter kinda harkens to that. "why arent there more non audio low lifes who have seen the light an become sacrosant and sanctamonious like us audiophiles" I think what it is there are a lot of more people that love music and could care less whether it was played on a $100,000 system or a car radio. Just think of the number of concerts you could go to for $100,000. The enjoyment should be the music not the equipment.
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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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