No Audiophiles in Hollywood

Hi Mitch,

As I recall, Fabio had a bunch of Krell gear that TWO sets of Infinity IRS Series V speakers! I presume one set was for front channels and the other set was for the rear channels. Unfortunately, the room that the system was in seemed to have very hard, reflective surfaces and no acoustic control treatment was evident. Chances are the system would not be the most "laid back" sounding in the world!

Best,

Barry Kohan

I read in an interview once that the Krell gear that Fabio owns is personally tweaked/modded/upgraded for him by Krell before he even buys it.

The drivers for audiophile in HW film is as follows:

1) Does the screenwriter deem it an integral part of a character's profile? If so, show it. If not, it's irrelevant, expensive, and a waste of space.

2) Does the production designer deem it an integral part of the setting? If so, show it. If not, it's irrelevant, expansive, and a waste of space.

3) Does the director deem the music and image an integral part of the story? If so, show it. If not....

4) Finally, does the producer want some free gear?

Papa 171...I beleive that the celebs on the MTV "Cribs" show aren't cheap. I my opinion is that a lot of them don't even know about the world of HiFi audio.

I manage and train salespeople for a mortgage bank. I use a projector for a lot of my training sessions. For the fun of it, I have projected the Audiogon website on the screen a few times at the start of a sales meeting. They have no idea that one can pay 5 or 10k for an amplifier...20 or 50K for a pair of speakers. I show them some these items on the screen and they are just blown away.

Celebs are just ordinary folk too with a lot of money. I believe that they just don't know that the world of hifi exists. I know a lot of professional types that could easily afford high end audio.....they don't own any because they don't know that it exists. I will start a conversation with someone about audio, and the guy will start bragging about his 100 wpc reciever....the guy has no clue that separates even exists.

All print advertising for audio is for the mass market stuff. When was the last time you've seen an ad in your newspaper from a high end audio store?

Just ask around the people that you know and see what happens.......overwhelmingly, they don't have a clue about hi fi audio.

Advertising works. Hi end audio doesn't advertise to the masses.

Sears has the latest plasma screens in stock...now try to find a decent pair of speakers, or an amplifier there. The world goes to Sears because they have the bucks to advertise. Hence if the public doesen't see it at Sears, Curcuit City or Best Buy, to them, it probably doesen't exist.

Just watched Garden State (fantastic movie) not sure what Equipment Natalie Portman is running in her room but tons of Vinyl laying and she even gets some going as well.