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In Reply to: Some thoughts on Linn's woes and other matters... (longish) posted by DevillEars on April 28, 2007 at 06:41:32:
IMO, high-end audio has grown stodgy and conservative, more a dad's hobby than one for a hipster. 25+ years ago, hifi was sexy enough that Playboy published a buyer's guide; today, you go to a hifi show and it's populated by boomers who hate rap music.What went wrong? Basically everything else changed, but hifi stayed the same: We have our 1080p high definition video, wifi, hybrid automobies with GPS navigation, digital camera/Blackberry phones, Bluetooth, Half-Life, iLife, Second Life, Nintendogs, atomic clocks, Naruto--need I continue? In high-end audio, the prices went up--way up. But if you could transport my 1982 self to a 2007 hifi show, there's little that wouldn't seem familiar or even surprisingly "old hat".
I had been considering the purchase of a Linn or Naim CD player, but am currently leaning in a different direction, towards one of the few of a newer class of components built around computer/networking technology: Slim Designs Transporter.
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