Audiophiles for popular music ?


Do any of you consider yourself an audiophile but listen to mainly popular music from the 70's on . Radio play music . I do and finding it hard to find gear that is pleasing to the ears on this type of music.

The stuff Best Buy carries will just not do . The three boutique stores in town really do not have systems aimed at this music. Is all hifi equipment designed for classical music ?
Brands like NAD,Adcom,Rotel are nice but being an audiophile makes me want better .

Any suggestions on gear would be appreciated
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Showing 1 response by kbarkamian

It isn't that you haven't found more expensive gear that suits your music well, it's that you haven't found gear that suits your ears well enough IMO.

I listen to mostly classic rock, metal and alternative. I've heard my music sound great on very high priced systems, and it's sounded bad on other equally priced systems. Switching to music I didn't know sounded better, but put on music I'm familiar with in a different genre - ie jazz - and the same systems have the same result.

Just my experience. If you haven't found a 'better' system that sounds good with your music, you should either keep looking or keep what you've got IMO.