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In Reply to: Something is very wrong in audioland: yesterday, posted by tinear on May 6, 2007 at 06:17:40:
How desireable can the high end be if a buyer walks into a hifi shop with his favorite CD only to have it sound like poop. So what if the dealer can put on some lame but squeeking clean sounding music like Dire Straights or Eagles.We got these dolts in this hobby, some call themselves music lovers and others call themselves audiophiles who feel it's somekind of right of passage to have an audio system that sounds bad unless they're listening to a recording they consider good. LOL! Yea the recording is good if when played the system doesn't sound bad! What a bad joke - nobody falls for that crap except the dummy sitting around listening to uninteresting but "special" recordings that sound good and suffering through every else.
Do you think anyone with little/no high fi experience would be interested in hi fi once they've heard their favorite disks sound worse than they sound on an ipod or portable? No freeking way.
Interest in high end audio will continue to dwindle and IMO it's mainly because more audiophiles know how to justify bad sounding systems* than there are audiophiles who understand how to make great sounding systems.
*because magazine told them how and convinced them it was good stuff and most everyone else has to make the sale.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Follow Ups:
Most people have NEVER in their lives stepped into a high end audio shop. So that's certainly not the excuse you can use for them.High end audio is just plain dying out for lack of interest. That's difficult (or impossible) for most audiophiles to come to grips with. I've seen non-audiophiles listen to very very good systems in audiophiles' homes with such complete and utter disinterest that the host was clearly beside himself. Tough to take.
If we consider high end Pioneer recievers and the kind of midif stuff similar to what we could buy at the FedMart, Radio Shack and other similar outlets (these days Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) then maybe there's a point to be made.But I see a much better component selection for guys who are interested in high end audio than I did 20 years ago. Maybe the midfi outlets are hurting and maybe some b&m audio shops are having a hard time competing with the internet.
This is a golden age for audiophiles - the best of times to get truly awesome gear at all price points. And with the massive interest in computer music systems and portables the high end industry should excited about up this future music fed generation that's up and coming.
Too bad my generation of audiophiles had to be so negatively influences by that Absolute Sound dump of a few years back. If high end audio vanishes (and it won't) it will be because of the influence of some people who are considered founding fathers of the audio industry. What dreck!
I hope I am not delusional and try to be optimistic.
In many ways I agree.But in terms of numbers, the interest in audio reproduction as a passion/hobby is dying. Fast.
Why in the world do YOU personally need somebody else to be interested/involved?To increase demand for hi-end gear? To make world better place to live?
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